The name of Pacheco not only is a synonym of salsa, Fania, and Caribbean but above all of sabrosura. A man who has always defended the Latino cause, he has dabbled, since 1951, in all the nooks and niches of the rumba, the mambo, Latino jazz… He has been a percussionist, flutist, clarinet player, a member of the choir, dancer, composer, impresario, producer…his name is intimately linked to the history of New York Latino music. Johnny Pacheco was born in the Dominican Republic on 25 March 1935 and emigrated to New York in the beginning of the 50s. There, thanks to his talented music versatility, he started to play in the orchestras of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Xavier Cugat and Stan Kenton among others. Under Pacheco’s brilliant management, the artists of la Fania All Stars largely contributed to let salsa conquer the world. Johnny Pacheco, «El Maestro», has left his seal on the history of music, with 9 nominations to the Grammy Awards, 10 gold records, uncountable rewards and international distinctions. He is a pioneer, an innovator and a living legend who will perform on stage in France after an absence of 4 years. He appears today with one of his favourite musicians, Ismael Miranda whom we have not had the pleasure of seeing in France for… thirty years!