Find a Grave Johnny Pacheco (1935-2021) Buried

Find a Grave Johnny Pacheco (1935-2021) Buried
Johnny Pacheco
Original Name Juan Azarias Pacheco Knipping
Birth 25 Mar 1935
Santiago de los Caballeros, Municipio de Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Death 15 Feb 2021 (aged 85)
Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Dominican Musician

Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping, known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, bandleader, and record producer.

As a flutist and bandleader, Pacheco became one of the leading exponents of the Cuban charanga format in the United States in the early 1960s. As the founder and musical director of Fania Records, Pacheco became a leading figure in the New York salsa scene in the 1960s and 1970s.

He popularized the use of the term “salsa” and established the Fania All-Stars to showcase the leading artists of the genre. The Dominican-born multi-instrumentalist experimented with different Latin American musical styles, though he was particularly enamored with Afro-Cuban genres like charanga and pachanga.

He was a bandleader, producer and record label head with an eye for talent, and his famed Fania Records would make stars out of Celia Cruz and other salsa legends. For his contributions to the genre, he’s rightfully earned the title “godfather of salsa.”

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