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Portraits
Label: Art of Life Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: To Frederico; Waltz For Debby; Trials; Spring Is Here; All The Things You Are; Ostinato on 'A'; 'Round Midnight; August 1st; No Return.
Bob Rodriguez: Portraits
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'eredità musicale di Bill Evans impronta la cifra espressiva di questo disco, inciso nel '94 da Rodriguez in piena solitudine. Un pianista bravo ma non originalissimo, il cui camaleontismo non riesce a far decollare il decorativismo che informa il CD. Suoi colori, stilemi, vezzi, manierismi rimandano al marchio di fabbrica della pratica evansiana anche in alcune ...
Remembering Scott Sherwood
by Peter Cobb
What does one possibly say when a treasure is ripped from our lives? What can you say? The jazz world lost a great light recently with the passing of guitarist, composer and educator Scott Sherwood. The rest of the world lost an even greater human being. I don't know what the proper measure of ...
Bob Rodriguez: Portraits
by Elliott Simon
There are times when there's the urge to put on some solo piano music, turn down the lights and experience the intimacy that no other instrument can so perfectly create. And while the pensive Portraits that Bob Rodriguez paints on this solo effort are done up in somber tones there is an immeasurable beauty to these ...
Bob Rodriguez: Portraits
by Glenn Astarita
Recorded in 1994 and released in 2009, New York area pianist Bob Rodriguez doesn't delve into an existential framework splattered with hidden meanings. Simply stated, the album title intimates the artist's personalized musical portraitures equally divided between standards and originals. The pianist communicates great depth amid soul-stirring choruses and animated right hand leads. Rodriguez ...
Bob Rodriguez's "Portraits" on Art of Life Records (CD & MP3 Download Release)
Following the 2008 release of the duo recording, Ripples (Art of Life AL1034), with guitarist Scott Sherwood, Portraits is Bob Rodriguez's fourth release as a leader and finds him in a solo piano setting. Bob performs his unique solo piano arrangements of Bill Evans “Waltz for Debby", Rodgers & Hart's “Spring Is Here", Kern & Hammerstein's ...
Corridor
Label: CreOp Muse
Released: 2005
Track listing: Corridor; Prelude to a Kiss; Inside; Naima; It's Not that Dark; Liebesleid; Within the Line;
Spring is Here.
Bob Rodriguez: Corridor
by Jim Santella
On this dreamy trio session, pianist Bob Rodriguez interprets a set of originals and several standards. His cascading keyboard melodies and gently flowing snippets of poetic charm give the listener a quiet storm of relaxed pleasure. The acoustic setting provides a natural texture, while each improvised phrase overlaps like the wind and the rain outside.
Bob Rodriguez: Corridor
by John Kelman
It's a mystery why some artists reach positions of prominence and others don't. Sometimes it's more about being in the right place at the right time than specific musical criteria like aptitude, creativity, and a distinctive personal approach. Since moving to New York in '88, pianist Bob Rodriguez has managed to create a niche through performing, ...
Reinventins
Label: CreOp Muse
Released: 1999
Track listing: Stardust; Satin Doll; I'll Take Romance; Makin' Whoopee; Prelude, Op. 28. No. 20 in C Minor; You Don't Know What
Love Is; Caravan; My Suite; Bye, Bye, Blackbird; Over the Rainbow; Prelude, Op. 28. No. 4 in E Minor
