Real name: Carlos Manual Fernández Averhoff

Effective period / Period of releases: 1987

Carlos Averhoff (born December 6, 1947, Matanzas, Cuba – died December 23, 2016, Miami, Florida, USA) was a Cuban jazz saxophone, clarinet and flute player. He served as a teacher at the Havana National School of Arts and as a Professor of Music at Florida International University School of Music in Miami, Florida and Professor of Saxophone at Miami-Dade College. He is the father of Carlos Averhoff Jr.