Jazz Articles about Jose Rodriguez

About Jose Rodriguez

Album Review

Eddie Palmieri: Vamonos Pa'l Monte

Read "Vamonos Pa'l Monte" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
May 17, 2026

A reader may come upon a poster entitled “Highlights of the Jazz Story in the USA." One is labelled the Peter von Bartkowski Edition and it dates from 1987. It is, so to speak, a family tree of jazz, with all the strengths and weaknesses of the genre. Still, to poke about is to get someone's version of the lay of the land. On first examination, it is not clear that Latin Jazz even shows up, but ...

Album Review

Héctor Lavoe: La Voz

by Rob Garratt
June 24, 2023

Craft Recordings have been on a roll of late, following 2021's excellently presented Ornette Coleman boxset, Genesis of Genius, with 2023's Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series and imminent Sonny Rollins set Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums. So it is only natural that jazz-inclined audiophiles will start turning their attention to what other treasures the LA-based reissue specialists are digging out of the vaults. And so we arrive at Craft's new “special reissue" of salsa star ...

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Album Review

Jose Rodriguez: Moments In Life

Read "Moments In Life" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
December 14, 2009

Sometimes fascinating listening experiences can emanate from surprising sources. Such is the example with Moments in Life, an excellent CD from bassist Jose Rodriguez. Here a string quartet plus rhythm section delivers a five-finger handful of wide-ranging, highly enjoyable music with more than a dollop of Latin sauce. While there is no straight ahead jazz or exotic experimentation either in repertoire or its performance, in Moments in Life Rodriguez has chosen a series of selections from well-known ...