Father Of Salsa Music Johnny Pacheco Dies Age 85
02/15/21 AT 8:10 PM
Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born musician considered one of the fathers of salsa, died Monday at the age of 85 in New Jersey, his family said.
A musician, composer and producer, Pacheco founded the Fania Records label, as well as the historic Fania All Stars band, which included salsa icons Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon. With great pain in my soul and an emptiness in my heart I inform you that maestro Johnny Pacheco passed away this afternoon with great peace, his wife, Cuqui Pacheco, said in a statement published on the musician s official Facebook page.
Johnny Pacheco, salsa idol and co-founder of Fania Records, dies at 85 Pacheco was the music director, composer, arranger and producer, overseeing Fania Records genre of music that came to be known as salsa a mixture of Cuban mambo, guaracha and chachachá, Puerto Rican rhythms and Dominican meringue. The Associated Press February 16, 2021 12:13:41 IST Johnny Pacheco was well-known for creating and popularising the genre of salsa music. Image via The Associated Press/ Wilfredo Lee
New York: Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died on 15 February. He was 85.
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NEW YORK: Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Ruben Blades, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85. He had been hospitalized in New York a few days earlier for pneumonia, his wife, Maria Elena Cuqui Pacheco, said on the artist s Facebook account. Fania Records tweeted that the musician was the man most responsible for the genre of salsa music. He was a visionary and his music will live on eternally.
Visionary salsa music legend Johnny Pacheco dead at 85
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS and BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press
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NEW YORK - Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85.
He had been hospitalized in New York a few days earlier for pneumonia, his wife, Maria Elena Cuqui Pacheco, said on the artist’s Facebook account.
Fania Records tweeted that the musician was the man most responsible for the genre of salsa music. He was a visionary and his music will live on eternally.