Johnny Pacheco Biografia. Johnny pacheco is a dominican musician arranger composer producer and bandleader of salsa music. Johnny pacheco biography.
Artist biography by max salazar. Johnny pacheco born march 25 1935 in santiago de los caballeros dominican republic is an afro dominican producer musician bandleader and one of the most influential figures in salsa music. In the late 1940s when pacheco was 11 his family moved to new york city from his native dominican republic.
He is one of the most influential figures in latin music best known for being the creator of the fania all stars and fania records and for coining the term salsa to denote the genre.
Pacheco inherited his passion for music from his father rafael azarias pacheco who was the bandleader and clarinetist of the santa cecilia orchestra. Pacheco inherited his passion for music from his father rafael azarias pacheco who was the bandleader and clarinetist of the santa cecilia orchestra. For decades johnny pacheco has been at the center of the latin music universe. Artist biography by max salazar.