Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly celebrates Cuban maestro Paquito D’Rivera for more than seven decades of unparalleled improvisation, syncopated harmonies, and virtuosic orchestration that have earned the living legend an NEA Jazz Master honor.
Paquito D’Rivera: 70+ Years in Music, on April 18-19, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at Rose Theater, honors the extraordinary career of the clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer. This special event will feature D’Rivera himself, joined by Latin Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Chucho Valdés, along with an international lineup of distinguished guest musicians as they present a retrospective of D’Rivera illustrious career.
A native of Havana, Cuba, where he developed his exemplary musicianship, and a U.S. resident since 1980, D’Rivera is perhaps the foremost living exponent of coalescing the musical dialects of the New World with jazz and classical music. An alumnus of Dizzy Gillespie’s Pan-American-oriented United Nations Orchestra during the 1980s, D’Rivera, 76, will render the multiple dialects he’s mastered along the way with idiomatic clarity and creative spirit.
Joining the maestro and his quintet (trumpeter Diego Urcola, pianist Alex Brown, bassist Oscar Stagnaro, and drummer Mark Walker) on these remarkable concerts, in addition to Valdés, are Roberta Gambarini, vocals; and Edmar Castañeda, harp; Roberto Vizcaíno, percussion; Victor Provost, steel pan; Héctor del Curto, bandoneon; Yotam Silberstein, guitar; Sebastian Laverde, vibraphones and marimba; and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
Rose Theater is located in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, at Broadway 60th Street in New York City. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit jazz.org/paquitodrivera.
Ticket Information
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2024-25 season concerts and events take place at Frederick P. Rose Hall, located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, NY. The full concert schedule is available on jazz.org/24-25.
Ticket prices for Rose Theater performances start at $30.00. Ticket prices for The Appel Room start at $45 and Dizzy’s Club start at $20.00.
*Please note that a $5.00 Jazz at Lincoln Center Facility Fee applies to all ticket purchases, except for $10 Hot Seats. A $7 handling fee also applies when purchasing tickets from CenterCharge or when purchasing tickets online via jazz.org.
All single tickets for Rose Theater can be purchased through jazz.org 24 hours a day or through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office hours are:
Tuesday-Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Monday: Closed
Open an additional half-hour after the scheduled start time of ticketed performances.
On Wednesdays before a Rose theater concert, the Box Office will open at 10 a.m. to sell Hot Seats.
Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly acknowledges its 2024-25 season partner:
Bloomberg Philanthropies
A very special thanks to Jody and John Arnhold for their extraordinary support of
Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
We proudly recognize leadership support from Dalio Philanthropies;
Howard Gilman Foundation, Inc.; Mellody Hobson and George Lucas;
Michele and Mark Mandel; Simon Family Foundation; and the Zou Family Fund.
Major support is provided by the Abrams Foundation; Angela and Robert Kissane;
Manitou Fund; the Ambrose Monell Foundation;
the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; and Seedlings Foundation.
Generous support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Leadership support for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s concert season is provided by
Lynne and Richard Pasculano.
Artists, schedules, and venues are subject to change.
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