Paquito D'Rivera

First Clarinet – Plateau And then, the clarinet came along. My father imported again from a from Paris, a clarinet for me, a Plateau clarinet. A Plateau clarinet, it’s a covered hole instrument because my fingers were too skinny it could not cover the holes of a regular clarinet. So, I learned with a covered… [Read More]

Let’s Talk About the Saxophone Now the saxophone. The alto saxophone wonderful instrument in those days it was not supposed to uh I don’t “Steve Lacey” (extraordinary doubler), so you’re not supposed to play only the soprano you know… you have to know how to play something else. So, my father gave me an alto… [Read More]

Some of My Instruments (Paquito D’Rivera, published his first video Masterclass talking about his instruments. This is the first in the series.) Okay, okay… hello everybody. Paquito D’Rivera here. Well here with a collection, my toys collection. I have a lot of fun playing these instruments. Jazz Doublers Let’s talk about doublers. I’m not a… [Read More]