Johnny Pacheco
Latin dance musicCuban-Dominican fusionmid-century salsa precursorpachanga innovator
Johnny Pacheco (March 25,1935 - February 15, 2021) was a Dominican-American musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer. He became one of the leading exponents of a new dance in the late 1950s called the pachanga, a blend of Cuban rhythms and merengue, which propelled him to worldwide notoriety, and had an important role in the evolution of Latin music. Pacheco inherited his passion for music from his father, Rafael Azarias Pacheco, who was the bandleader and clarinetist of the “Santa Cecilia Orchestra”.
Influenced by: Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz
- Active:
- 1950s-2021
- Scene:
- NYC Latin
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