Paquito D'Rivera

alto saxophone, clarinet · 1948 · Havana

Born in Havana in 1948, Paquito D'Rivera founded the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna with Chucho Valdés, then played in Irakere, before requesting asylum at the American embassy during a tour in Spain in 1980. An NEA Jazz Master in 2005, he is the only artist to have won Grammy Awards in both the classical and Latin jazz categories.

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Styles

• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban

Landmark tracks

• Chucho (1981)

Sources

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