Paquito D'Rivera
Jazz
The next Paquito D'Rivera concert is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at Sony Hall in New York, NY, United States. See all 7 upcoming concerts
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![Listen to Bebop (feat. Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Paquito D'Rivera, Slide Hampton, David Hazeltine & Adam Nussbaum) [Live] by James Moody, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music211/v4/d3/2d/9b/d32d9b78-ce1d-bf1b-00c1-d399ac140250/805558292026.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Bebop (feat. Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Paquito D'Rivera, Slide Hampton, David Hazeltine & Adam Nussbaum) [Live] by James Moody, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Listen to Who's Smoking? (Remastered) [feat. James Moody] by Paquito D'Rivera](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/3e/4b/aa/3e4baa7e-6a99-0048-56f4-524460e51305/3106.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Who's Smoking? (Remastered) [feat. James Moody] by Paquito D'Rivera")
Paquito D'Rivera's Popular Music Videos
![Watch Oye como va (feat. Banda Gigante Bacardí) [Live] music video by Celia Cruz, Paquito D'Rivera, Albita & Lucrecia](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video122/v4/14/a9/a8/14a9a86d-0694-4958-1041-938760c32140/196925223935_1_1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Oye como va (feat. Banda Gigante Bacardí) [Live] music video by Celia Cruz, Paquito D'Rivera, Albita & Lucrecia")
![Watch Arrullo de Palmas (feat. Paquito D'Rivera) [Live] music video by Paquito D'Rivera](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video112/v4/6d/57/43/6d5743e7-0cb0-d46f-cb87-6b4985f470f0/196925252508_1_1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Arrullo de Palmas (feat. Paquito D'Rivera) [Live] music video by Paquito D'Rivera")
![Watch Adagio (feat. Paquito D'Rivera) [Live] music video by Paquito D'Rivera](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video112/v4/2f/eb/85/2feb8590-03db-d2ce-4e7c-658131c1b057/196925156455_1_1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Adagio (feat. Paquito D'Rivera) [Live] music video by Paquito D'Rivera")
About Paquito D'Rivera
Born
1948
Genre
Jazz
Cuban-born, New Jersey-based saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Paquito D'Rivera has balanced a momentous career in Latin jazz with a celebrated vocation as a classical composer and soloist. A founding member of Irakere and Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, he has issued more than 30 albums under his name and played on hundreds more. D'Rivera's sax tone is sweet, expressive, and resonant. He's recorded with some of the world's greatest musicians including Bebo Valdés, Yo Yo Ma, and Lalo Schifrin. Blowin', his post-defection debut, appeared in 1981. 1988's Celebration marked his attainment of U.S. citizenship. 1999's Tropicana Nights won a Grammy. 2002's Brazilian Dreams successfully wove jazz, Latin, and Brazilian sounds. He led an orchestra melding classical, jazz, and folk instrumentation on 2010's globally acclaimed Panamericana Suite. 2022's I Missed You Too! was recorded with former Irakere bandmate and pianist Chucho Valdés.
Paquito D'Rivera has also released music as a member of Irakere, The Blackout Allstars, The Caribbean Jazz Project, The United Nations Orchestra Paquito D'Rivera Quintet.
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