Paquito D'Rivera Papers
name: label: Creator
content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- United States
label: Topic
content: Jazz
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Musicians -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Paquito D'Rivera donated the collection to the Archives Center in 2005.
creator: label: Creator
content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
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content: Paquito D'Rivera Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of three music manuscripts created by Cuban-born musician and composer Paquito D'Rivera and a photograph.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paquito D'Rivera, born in 1948, is a Cuban musician and composer of both jazz and classical music.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 saxophone. In his teen years, D'Rivera became a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, directing the group for two years.  At the same time, he played both the clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. D'Rivera was also a founding member and co-director of the musical group Irakere, a band that played a mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music. In 1980, he sought asylum in Spain at the United States Embassy.  He moved to New York and played with Dizzy Gillespie's last big band.
 D'Rivera has won several Grammy awards, including Best Latin Jazz Album in 2003 and 2008 and best classical album at the Latin Grammy awards in 2003 and 2005.  In addition, D'Rivera was nominated for Grammy awards in 1979 and 1980. He received the National Medal for the Arts in 2005 and was named one of the 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters.

D'Rivera is also a composer of music. In 2007, he received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.  He also received the 2007-2008 appointment as Composer-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. D'Rivera's compositions reflect his widespread musical interests combining Afro-Cuban rhythms and melodies with classical origins.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0891
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in three folders.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Sarah Allan, volunteer, 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist, 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1980-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of three music manuscripts created by D'Rivera including A Song of Peace commissioned by the New York Festival of Songs for its annual concert series in 2000. Annie Colina wrote the lyrics for this song. There are also two other music manuscripts including I Remember Diz written by D'Rivera for Dizzy Gillespie shortly after his death. In addition, there is a photograph of D'Rivera's birthday celebration with Dizzy Gillespie in 1988.  The materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Museum's Division of Culture and the Arts  (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds artifacts related to this collection including a Panama hat, white tuxedo, and D'Rivera's first clarinet. See accession number: 2005.3048.