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Johnny Pacheco Y Pete Rodriguez
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Pacheco inherited his passion for music from his father, Rafael Azarias Pacheco, who was the bandleader and clarinettist of one of the most famous orchestras of that time the “Santa Cecilia Orchestra”. It was his father that first put a musical instrument into his son's hands. At the age of 11, his parents moved to New York City in the late 1940s from his native Dominican Republic, where he continued polishing his musical skills. Pacheco learned to play accordion, violin, saxophone and clarinet. He attended the Juilliard School of Music where he studied percussion making him the leading percussionist of the time. He performed and recorded with the most important American artists. He then learned to play flute. He is recognized as one of the top flutists of his era.
Pacheco plays the flute, saxophone and assorted percussion. He performed alongside Charlie Palmieri‘s Latin orchestra for a number of years before creating his own band in 1959. Experimentation was the focus of his new band, blending African, Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican and Latin music into what came to be known as salsa.
Johnny PachecoIn 1960, he organized his first and legendary orchestra, “Pacheco y Su Charanga”. The band signed with “Alegre” Records and its first album “Johnny Pacheco y Su Charanga” sold over 100,000 copies within the first year, becoming the best selling album of the time. The album is a classic. Beginning then and through the end of 1963, Pacheco introduced a new dance craze called “Pachanga”. He became an internationally renowned star and toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Moreover '"Pacheco y Su Charanga", was the first Latin band to ever headline the Apollo in 1962 and 1963.