In the collection
5 records
Played with
Claudio Roditi
4 records together
Sammy Figueroa
3 records together
Lincoln Goines
3 records together
Helen Keane
3 records together
Ron St. Germain
3 records together
Sergio Brandao
3 records together
Daniel Freiberg
3 records together
Michel Camilo
2 records together
Portinho
2 records together
Fareed Haque
2 records together
Gloria Estefan
1 record together
Emilio Estefan, Jr.
1 record together
About
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 he founded Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna with , 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.