Pernell Saturnino | |
Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
Birth Date: | 1962 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Curaçao |
Genre: | Jazz |
Occupation: | Musician |
Instrument: | Percussion |
Years Active: | 1980s–present |
Associated Acts: | Paquito d'Rivera |
Pernell Saturnino (born 23 May 1962) is a percussionist from the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Saturnino joined the band Nos Antias as a teenager and toured the world with them.[1] As part of Paquito D'Rivera's band, he won the Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy Award in 2007 for Funk Tango.[2] He was nominated in the same category in 2006 for Diego Urcola's Viva.[3] [4]