| Intro | American musician |
| Is | Jazz musician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 25 March 1950 |
| Age: | 70 years |
David Paquette (born March 25, 1950) in Bridgeport, CT is an International Jazz Pianist. He has recorded more than 45 albums, highlights of his career include touring the European Jazz circuit, establishing and directing a seventeen-year running annual Jazz Festival on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island, and years as the Musical Director for Sydney Australia’s Four Seasons Hotel.
Musical career
David’s first steps as a professional musical saw him playing ski resorts in Colorado in the early 1970s.
In 1984 David toured as the Musical Director for Spike Milligan throughout Australia. Over this period David travelled to New Zealand to play. Taken with the beauty of Waiheke Island David returned to New Zealand to live.
David devotes a lot of his time to his Charitable Trust, the “Paquette Jazz Foundation” which supports both upcoming and existing talent through a scholarship, mentoring program and a musician’s residence retreat on Waiheke Island.
David is represented by Bring It On Records based in Auckland, New Zealand