Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Johnny Pacheco inherited his father's passion for music. Rafael Azarias Pacheco, his father, was the bandleader and clarinetist 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, Johnny's hands. At the age of 11, the Pacheco family moved to New York where he continued polishing his musical skills. He learned to play accordion, violin, saxophone and clarinet. He attended the Julliard 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.
The early Fania All-Stars band was made up of Johnny Pacheco, musical director and flute; Larry Harlow on piano; Bobby Valentín (later replaced by Salvador "Sal" Cuevas) on bass guitar; Ray Barretto on conga (replaced later on by others, including Mongo Santamaria, Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez and Eddie Montalvo); Roberto Roena on bongos; and Orestes Vilato on timbales (later replaced by Nicky Marrero due to a conflict with Ray Barreto, whose singer, Adalberto Santiago, formed La Tipica 73 with Vilato, angering Barreto and forcing Patcheco to replace Vilato to prevent internal conflicts);
Discography
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Celebracion (Fania) 1989
Celia & Johnny (Fania) 1974
De Pelicula ( International Music) 1982
El Maestro (Fania) 1975
El Zorro de plata y el flaco de oro ( Fania) 1981
Esa Prieta (Fania) 1977
La perfecta combinacion (Fania) 1971
Latin Jam (Fania) 1965
Los compadres (Codigo music) 1972
Mi Nuevo tambao ( Fania) 1969
Que suene la flauto (Alegre) 1962
Thanks for Nancy Germain' s work.
Photos by Angelica Bautista.
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