Alfredo Rodríguez (pianist, 1936)

Alfredo Rodríguez (born October 25, 1936 near Havana , † October 3, 2005 in Paris ) was an American jazz pianist of Cuban origin.

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Rodríguez won music competitions as a child and received classical music training as a pianist from the age of seven. In 1960 he moved to Manhattan , where he studied jazz with Roland Hanna , Albert Dailey and Bill Evans , and then belonged to the New York City music scene for a decade. First he played in the band of Vicentico Valdés, then with La Sonora Matancera and Belisario López. In 1966 he was involved in the recording of the album Swing on Malva by Conjunto Sensación . In 1968 he finally made a living from music as a member of the Willie Rosario Orchestra; then he worked for Joe Cuba. After a stay in Miami in the mid-1970s, where he accompanied Rolando La Serie, Vicentico Valdés and José Fajardo, he worked as a session musician and as a member of Charanga 76 ; In 1976 Patato Valdes drew him for his album Ready for Freddie . In the early 1980s he toured with Tito Puente . In 1982 he went to Paris, worked with his own bands and Cubans in exile in the Los Originales formation ; he also recorded with Irazú in Germany ( La Fiesta del Timbalero , 1991). In 1995 he was in Cuba recording the commercially successful album Cubanismo! involved by Jesús Alemañy . In Europe he toured with the band Los Acerekó , with whom he recorded his album Cuban Jazz .

He should not be confused with the Cuban jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez (* 1985).

Discographic notes

1995 - Sonido Solido (Universal)
1997 - Cuba Linda (Hannibal) with Jesús Alemañy, Yosvany Terry
1997 - Jesús Alemañy & Alfredo Rodríguez - ¡Que Rico !: Hot Tracks from Havana
2002 - Cuban Jazz (Naxos)

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personal data
SURNAME	Rodríguez, Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Havana
DATE OF DEATH	October 3, 2005
Place of death	Paris