I am very proud to be a Cuban American, to be able do the music that I love, and to be accepted in a city and a country that I came to, fearing for my life ... It's a pity that I had to do it the way ...

One of the crowning achievements of the last years of Dizzy Gillespie’s life was his leadership of the United Nation Orchestra, a collection of virtuoso players who explored the links between ...

Jazz is a very open style that accepts ingredients from different cultures and this is because of the multi-national and multi-cultural character of its country of origin. Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-born ...

Latin Grammy-winning Paraguayan guitar master Berta Rojas and 11-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban clarinetist and saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera are two of the most celebrated artists on their ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Orion Ensemble will bring back its “Tribute to Paquito D'Rivera,” ...

It’s truly impressive when you can listen to one musician for more than 40 years and still hear something new. Paquito D’Rivera has been a major figure in the worlds of modern jazz, afro cuban jazz, ...

The New Jersey Symphony just proved Duke Ellington’s old adage true once again: It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. The group’s concert last Thursday at the New Jersey Performing Arts ...

Since emigrating from Cuba a little more than 30 years ago, saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera has made the North Bergen area his home and he wouldn't change that for anything. "I'm a few blocks from a ...

What would the music of Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven be like if these iconic composers had been born in Latin America rather than in — respectively — Austria, Poland and Germany? Cuban-born saxophone ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Paquito D'Rivera, born in 1948, is a Cuban musician and composer of both jazz and classical music. He plays both the clarinet and the alto ...