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Born Paquito D'Rivera on June 8, , in Havana, Cuba; son of Tito D'Rivera (a musician); married Brenda Feliciano (a singer); children: Franco (a composer).
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Education: Attended Havana Conservatory of Music, Addresses: Office--Havana New York Music and Greenbug Productions Ltd., P.O. Box , Weehawken, NJ Website--Paquito D'Rivera Official Website:
According to Margo Nash in the New York Times, Ed Berger of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University called Paquito D'Rivera "one of the most universally acclaimed jazz figures today." The gifted clarinetist and saxophone player is equally at home in the worlds of jazz and classical music, both as a player and a composer.
A professional musician since the age of six, he defected from Cuba to the United States in He has performed and composed jazz and classical music for groups and orchestras all over the world and has recorded dozens of albums.
By , he had six Grammy Awards to his credit.
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