Paquito D’Rivera is a Cuban saxophonist, conductor, and composer of jazz and classical music (born on this day in 1948). He grew up surrounded by music. His father was a classical saxophonist and conductor in Havana. In 1986 they signed and dedicated this 1950s photo of a young Paquito and his father to Dizzy Gillespie, who eventually received the photograph.
Photographic print of Tito and Paquito D'Rivera inscribed to Dizzy Gillespie
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph mounted on an album page. The photograph features Tito D'Rivera in a white jacket with bow tie and conductor's baton. His hand is on the shoulder of his young son, Paquito D'Rivera. Paquito is wearing a white suit and is holding a saxophone. The photograph is inscribed across the front.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Subject of
- Tito D'Rivera, Cuban
- Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban American, born 1947
- Date
- 1950s, signed 1986
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 x 7 9/16 in. (24.8 x 19.2 cm)
- H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
