Jazz Articles about Alfredo Rodriguez

Finders Keepers

by Michael Ambrosino
October 13, 2023

Alfredo Rodriguez: Duologue

by Chris Mosey
February 9, 2019

Alfredo Rodriguez is the classically trained son of Cuban singer/composer “Alfredito" Rodriguez. In 2009, he accompanied his father on a concert tour of Mexico, decided not to return to his homeland, and asked for political asylum in the U.S. Once there, he began a music career aided by veteran producer Quincy Jones. In 2015, he won a Grammy nomination for his arrangement of the classic Latin American folk song “Guantanamera" at the 57th GRAMMY Awards.Pedrito Martinez is a ...

Alfredo Rodriguez/Pedrito Martinez: Duologue

by Dan Bilawsky
January 17, 2019

When running down the names of notable and somewhat recent Cuban exports in the jazz realm, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez both rank at the top of the list. Rodriguez, a conservatory trained pianist with a strong familial connection to the aural arts, came under the wing of the great Quincy Jones back in 2006. He made his way to the United States three years later and began taking the world by storm when he delivered his stunning debut--Sounds Of ...

Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo

by Angelo Leonardi
June 14, 2016

Il terzo disco del pianista cubano scoperto da Charlie Haden conferma il sodalizio col produttore Quincy Jones e la permanenza nell'etichetta di Detroit. Dopo l'acclamato Sound of Space, legato alla tradizione musicale della sua isola e l'eccellente conferma in The Invasion Parade, intriso di riferimenti etnici e classici, Rodriguez amplia notevolmente la prospettiva. Il disco prende il nome dall'uccello simbolo di Cuba, che non sopravvive in gabbia ed è visto come simbolo di libertà. Il pianista intende esprimerla ...

Alfredo Rodriguez: Sounds of Space

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 8, 2012

Questo di Alfredo Rodriguez è forse il debutto più significativo di un pianista cubano dalla fine degli anni Ottanta, quando Gonzalo Rubalcaba presentò Concierto Negro. Come quest'ultimo (che fu scoperto e sostenuto da Charlie Haden) anche Rodriguez ha avuto un importante mentore nella figura di Quincy Jones che ha co-prodotto il disco e s'è adoperato per farlo invitare da famosi festival (tra cui Umbria Jazz, nel 2010). Nato 26 anni fa all'Avana il pianista è cresciuto in un ambiente musicale ...

Alfredo Rodriguez at the Jazz Standard: Cuban Piano Prodigy's NYC Debut

by Giovanni Russonello
August 20, 2009

Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Jazz Standard New York, New York July 28,2009

Alfredo Rodriguez is fond of saying that music has been his life since he was very young. The thing is, he's still very young.

But the story of this 23-year-old pianist's daring defection from Cuba, his uncanny virtuosity--enough to pique the interest of Quincy Jones--and his all-hands-on-deck enthusiasm at the keyboard indicate that music will be his fiber for as long ...

Alfredo Rodriguez y Los Acereko: Cuban Jazz

by C. Michael Bailey
November 25, 2002

Muy Caliente Por El Fuego De Madera ...

In the wake of the moribund condition of the fine Naxos Jazz label, Naxos World pick up the slack with an excellent Cubano jazz release by the famous Cuban expatriate Alfredo Rodriguez. Born in Havana in 1936, Rodriguez percolated in that musical melting pot, assimilating classical and jazz influences until 1960 when he moved to Manhattan where he stayed until he migrated to another Cuban–dense community, Miami, where he lived and worked ...