Paquito D'Rivera

Cuban musician

Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras (born 4 June 1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since the 1980s, he has established himself as a bandleader in the United States. His smooth saxophone tone and his frequent combination of Latin jazz and classical music have become his trademarks.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Aires tropicales
  • Aires tropicales: I. Alborada
  • Aires tropicales: II. Son
  • Aires tropicales: III. Habanera
  • Aires tropicales: IV. Vals venezolano
  • Aires tropicales: V. Dizziness
  • Aires tropicales: VI. Contradanza
  • Aires tropicales: VII. Afro
  • Bandoneon
  • Benny @ 100
  • Bruselas En La Lluvia
  • Concerto venezolano
  • Contradanza
  • Four Pieces for Brass Quintet
  • Four Pieces for Brass Quintet: I. Wapango
  • Four Pieces for Brass Quintet: II. Danzón
  • Four Pieces for Brass Quintet: III. El cura
  • Four Pieces for Brass Quintet: IV. Sofia
  • Habanera
  • Havanna / New York
  • Impressions from Tien-am-men Square
  • Improvalsation
  • Invitación al danzón
  • La Fleur de Cayenne
  • Lorenzo's Wings
  • Memories
  • Merengue
  • Panamericana
  • Preludio y merengue
  • The Cape Cod Files
  • The Cape Cod Files: I. Benny @ 100
  • The Cape Cod Files: II. Bandoneón
  • The Cape Cod Files: III. Lecuonerías
  • The Cape Cod Files: IV. Chiquita Blues
  • Tres Tristes Tigres
  • Tributo a Lecuona
  • Vals venezolano
  • Wapango
  • Who's Smoking?