Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Riviera CDs
From Calle 54, Director: Fernando Trueba ©2000


Paquito D'Riviera appears in Trueba's Calle 54. Director Trueba states "Paquito is the door through which the music enters. And as soon as you approach it he opens it wide. This guy is always in a good mood. His laughter is his way of making music when he hasn't got a clarinet or sax at hand. He's generous like few others and if he's got an ego he hides it well. Of course you can live without listening to Paquito, but it'd be a less pleasant life."

Grammys

2005 
Riberas won Best Classical Album 2005, 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards

2004 
Merengue won Best Instrumental Composition 2004, 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards

2003 
Brazilian Dreams won Best Latin Jazz Album 2003, 4th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards

2003 
Historia del Soldado won Best Classical Album 2003, 4th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards

2002 
Appeared as Guest Artist on Bebo Valdes Trio El Arte Del Sabor, which won Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album 2002, at the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards and the 3rd Annual (2002) Latin GRAMMY Awards

2001 
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet, Live at the Blue Note won Latin Jazz Album 2001, 2nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Award

2000 
Tropicana Nights won Latin Jazz Album 2000, 1st Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards

1996 
Portraits of Cuba won Best Jazz Performance, 39th Annual GRAMMY Awards

1979 
Irakere won Best Latin Recording 1979, 22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards

Mr. D’Rivera has also received more than eight additional Grammy nominations.


Awards / Honors

2006 
Jazz Journalists Association, Clarinet of the Year 2006 award

2005 
National Medal for the Arts, presented at the White House by President George W. Bush on November 10th, 2005

2005 
National Endowment for the Arts - Jazz Masters recipient

2004 
Jazz Journalists Association, Clarinet of the Year 2004 award

2003  
Doctorate Honoris Causa in Music, Berklee School of Music

2002 
Outstanding Editorial Column, National Association of Hispanic Publications