# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paquito-d-rivera
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:49.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paquito-d-rivera"
name: "Paquito D'Rivera"
slug: "paquito-d-rivera"
description: "Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras, 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."
tagline: "Cuban musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trio_Corrente_Paquito_D'Rivera_Horizonte_2015_4578.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5527638190954773
  historical:           20.04043333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.paquitodrivera.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump