Dave Valentin

David Peter Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist.^[1] 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.^[2] For seven years in a row he was chosen as the best jazz flautist by readers of Jazziz magazine. In 1985 he received a Grammy Award nomination.^[1] In 2003 he won a Grammy for Caribbean Jazz Project, an album he did with Dave Samuels.^[3]

Dave Valentin
Valentin at the World Music and Dance Centre, March 2008
Background information
Birth name	David Peter Valentin
Born	(1952-04-29)April 29, 1952 South Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	March 8, 2017(2017-03-08) (aged 64) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, Latin jazz, smooth jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Flute
Years active	1965–2012
Labels	CTI, GRP, Highnote

Valentin died from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's disease in the Bronx, at the age of 64.^[4]

References

1. "Dave Valentin". All About Jazz. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
2. Gonzalez, David (3 June 2011). "Dave Valentin Hangs With Cool Cats, at Home and David performed his first song at their Spring Concert ~Wes Montgomery's ~ "The Joker" along with his Jazz Quartet. Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
3. "A Special Valentine for Dave Valentin". The Bronx Chronicle. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
4. Roberts, Sam (March 8, 2017). "Dave Valentin, a Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist, Dies at 64". The New York Times. p. B14.