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David Joseph Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American 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 a 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. <a
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- salsa
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- CTI Records
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- DaveValentin01.jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1952-04-29
- date of death
- 2017-03-08
- Commons category
- Dave Valentin
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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