Artist
Paquito D'Rivera
12 releases · 36 collaborators · 7 labels
- Real name
- Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras
- Date active
- 1983 – 2024
- Relevance
- Extremely Low, very weak ties with the core dub techno cluster (here through one or more shared credits and labels)
Bio
Cuban saxophone/flute/clarinet player and band leader (b. June 4th, 1948 in Havana, Cuba). Son of saxophone player Tito D'Rivera, he started playing saxophone at 5 years old. At 19 he debuted on Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba and that same year (1965) he founded Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna with artist 96440, and later Irakere, melting jazz, rock and traditional Cuban music.
In 1981 he exiled in USA, playing with American musicians and founding in 1988 The United Nations Orchestra with Dizzy Gillespie. He founded his own band Paquito D'Rivera Big Band and Paquito D'Rivera Quintet.
He is married to singer, producer and manager Brenda Feliciano.
In 1981 he exiled in USA, playing with American musicians and founding in 1988 The United Nations Orchestra with Dizzy Gillespie. He founded his own band Paquito D'Rivera Big Band and Paquito D'Rivera Quintet.
He is married to singer, producer and manager Brenda Feliciano.
Also known as
El De la 7
Member of
The Blackout Allstars
Irakere
Paquito D'Rivera & Co.
Caribbean Jazz Project
Paquito D'Rivera Orchestra
Estrellas De Areito
Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna
The United Nation Orchestra
Pond Life (2)
The Pond Life Orchestra
Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars
Super All Star
Combo Chucho Valdés
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
Friends of Yo Yo Ma
Dana Leong Quintet
Paquito D'Rivera Septet
Diego Urcola Quartet
Moreiras Jazztet
Hilario Durán And His Latin Jazz Big Band
Paquito D'Rivera (Artist)
Label
Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1984
- Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1983
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1995
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1983
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2004
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1992