David Oquendo

A native of Havana, Cuba, David is a highly accomplished and respected interpreter of many diverse styles of Cuban music. As a guitarist, singer, composer and arranger, he rose to fame performing and recording with Paquito D’ Rivera, Johnny Ventura, Compay Segundo, Maestro Chico O’Farrill and Marc Anthony, to name a few. He is recipient of a Grammy Award for the album “Tropicana’s Nights” with Paquito D’Rivera, three Grammy Nominations for “Heart of a Legend” with Chico O’Farrill, “Bebop Timba” with Raphael Cruz and “Entre Colegas” with Andy Gonzalez, and three Latin Grammy Nominations for his production “Raices Habaneras”, “50 Years of Mambo” of Latin Jazz USA and “Paquito D’Rivera Presenta Las Hermanas Marquez” with Paquito D’ Rivera.