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Paquito D'Rivera

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Jazz

Paquito D'Rivera is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Chucho Valdés, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Those roots explain a lot about how Paquito D'Rivera arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mongo Santamaria, Michael Brecker, Ray Barretto, Branford Marsalis and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roberta Gambarini, Bebo Valdés, Irakere, Soledad Bravo and Gloria Estefan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Paquito D'Rivera, reaching back through Chucho Valdés and forward to Roberta Gambarini. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Paquito D'RiveraChucho ValdésDuke EllingtonBenny GoodmanRoberta GambariniBebo ValdésIrakereSoledad BravoGloria EstefanDizzy GillespieYo-Yo MaHerbie MannMongo SantamariaMichael BreckerRay BarrettoBranford MarsalisChick Corea

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Paquito D'Rivera connections

Paquito D'Rivera grew out of Chucho Valdés, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, shares an orbit with Mongo Santamaria, Michael Brecker, Ray Barretto and Branford Marsalis, went on to shape Roberta Gambarini, Bebo Valdés, Irakere and Soledad Bravo. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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