DAVE VALENTIN
Pop/Art Song/Folk / Latin Jazz / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
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David Joseph Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was a Puerto Rican Latin jazz flautist.
Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Music & Art. He learned percussion at an early age, and by 10 was playing conga and timbales professionally. When he was 12, he took up flute so he could get to know a girl in school who played the flute, Irene Cathcart. He borrowed a flute, bought a Herbie Mann record, and started to teach himself. Years later, he recorded an album with Mann called Two Amigos. He took lessons from Hubert Laws, who became his mentor.
In the 1970s Valentin combined Latin music with jazz in bands with Bill O'Connell, Lincoln Goines, Richie Morales, Robby Ameen, Sammy Figueroa, and Giovanni Hidalgo. He was the first musician signed to GRP Records, a label
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Legends
Post-Fusion Contemporary
1978
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The Hawk
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1979
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Pied Piper
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1981
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Kalahari
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1984
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Mind Time
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1987
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Red Sun
Latin Jazz
1993
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