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Paquito D'Rivera

real name Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras

Havana, Cuba

Paquito D'Rivera is credited on 744 releases across 197 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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744

Credits

197

Albums

7

Decades active

42

In collections

Biography

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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 Chucho Valdés, 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.

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Credited work

744 releases · 197 albums · active 1969–2024

  • Performance · 1,615
  • Other credits · 165
  • Production · 43
  • Engineering · 9
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Estudios EGREM · Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg · Sorcerer Sound · Clinton Recording Studio

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