He is one of the best latin jazz players world wide . The guy has a few grammys and has played all over the world. Born in Cuba and Best friends with Arturo Sandoval, the world's best trompet player .
Hey, FG, as it turns out, Paquito's best friend is our uncle Arturo.
Here you will see he has nothing to do with Paquita la del Barrio
Beginnings
Born on the island of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera began his career as a child prodigy, playing both the clarinet and the saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He eventually went on to premier several works by notable Cuban composers with the same orchestra.
A restless musical genius, Mr. D’Rivera created various musical ensembles as a teenager, becoming one of the founding members of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, a group which he also directed for two years. Additionally, he was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere. With its explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music never before heard, Irakere toured extensively throughout America and Europe, won several Grammy nominations (1979, 1980) and a Grammy (1979).
Awards and Grammys
Paquito D'Rivera's first recognition as a solo artist by the Grammy Recording Academy came in 1996 with the highly acclaimed recording Portraits of Cuba. Since then, Mr. D'Rivera has received numerous recognitions as an artist and composer.
Most recently Mr. D’Rivera received his 9th Grammy for Best Classical Recording for the record Riberas with the Buenos Aires String Quartet, and is a recipient of the National Medal for the Arts, presented at the White House by President George W. Bush on November 10th, 2005. Additionally in 2005 D'Rivera was named an NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Jazz Master.
He also won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition 2005 for his “Merengue” as performed by the distinguished cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In both 2004 and 2006, the Jazz Journalists Association honored Mr. D’Rivera as the Clarinetist of the Year.
The National Hispanic Academy of Media Arts and Sciences paid tribute to Mr. D'Rivera with their Annual Achievement In Music Award for his "outstanding body of work" along with Dizzy Gillespie and Gato Barbieri. In May of 2003, he received a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Music, from the Berklee School of Music. In addition to his awards and recognitions, Paquito D'Rivera is the first artist to win Latin Grammys in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories (2003), for Historia del Soldado (L'Histoire du Soldat) and Brazilian Dreams with the New York Voices. The other historic recipient who has won duo Grammys in both Classical and Jazz categories is Wynton Marsalis.
In 2000, D'Rivera's Tropicana Nights received a Grammy. That same year, he received a nomination in the classical category for his Music of Two Worlds, featuring compositions by Schubert, Brahms, Guastavino, Villa Lobos, and Mr. D’Rivera himself. A 2001 Latin Grammy was awarded for his Quintet’s recording of Live at the Blue Note along with a nomination in the Classical Crossover category for The Clarinetist Vol. I. In 2002, he won again as a guest artist on the Bebo Valdes Trio's recording El Arte Del Sabor.
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Here you will see he has nothing to do with Paquita la del Barrio
Beginnings
Born on the island of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera began his career as a child prodigy, playing both the clarinet and the saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He eventually went on to premier several works by notable Cuban composers with the same orchestra.
A restless musical genius, Mr. D’Rivera created various musical ensembles as a teenager, becoming one of the founding members of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, a group which he also directed for two years. Additionally, he was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere. With its explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music never before heard, Irakere toured extensively throughout America and Europe, won several Grammy nominations (1979, 1980) and a Grammy (1979).
Awards and Grammys
Paquito D'Rivera's first recognition as a solo artist by the Grammy Recording Academy came in 1996 with the highly acclaimed recording Portraits of Cuba. Since then, Mr. D'Rivera has received numerous recognitions as an artist and composer.
Most recently Mr. D’Rivera received his 9th Grammy for Best Classical Recording for the record Riberas with the Buenos Aires String Quartet, and is a recipient of the National Medal for the Arts, presented at the White House by President George W. Bush on November 10th, 2005. Additionally in 2005 D'Rivera was named an NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Jazz Master.
He also won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition 2005 for his “Merengue” as performed by the distinguished cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In both 2004 and 2006, the Jazz Journalists Association honored Mr. D’Rivera as the Clarinetist of the Year.
The National Hispanic Academy of Media Arts and Sciences paid tribute to Mr. D'Rivera with their Annual Achievement In Music Award for his "outstanding body of work" along with Dizzy Gillespie and Gato Barbieri. In May of 2003, he received a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Music, from the Berklee School of Music. In addition to his awards and recognitions, Paquito D'Rivera is the first artist to win Latin Grammys in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories (2003), for Historia del Soldado (L'Histoire du Soldat) and Brazilian Dreams with the New York Voices. The other historic recipient who has won duo Grammys in both Classical and Jazz categories is Wynton Marsalis.
In 2000, D'Rivera's Tropicana Nights received a Grammy. That same year, he received a nomination in the classical category for his Music of Two Worlds, featuring compositions by Schubert, Brahms, Guastavino, Villa Lobos, and Mr. D’Rivera himself. A 2001 Latin Grammy was awarded for his Quintet’s recording of Live at the Blue Note along with a nomination in the Classical Crossover category for The Clarinetist Vol. I. In 2002, he won again as a guest artist on the Bebo Valdes Trio's recording El Arte Del Sabor.
He is one of the best latin jazz players world wide . The guy has a few grammys and has played all over the world. Born in Cuba and Best friends with Arturo Sandoval, the world's best trompet player .
