Jay Rodriguez (musician)

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Jay Rodriguez (actually Hernán Ramiro Rodríguez Sierra , born September 17, 1967 ) is an American musician ( tenor saxophone , flute , also composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Rodriguez moved with his family from Barranquilla , Colombia to New York at the age of four . At the age of eight he began to learn clarinet in elementary school, later he had lessons with Phil Woods (1982-84), Joe Allard, Tito D'Rivera (the father of Paquito D'Rivera ) and Joe Henderson . At age 15 he played lead alto saxophone with Tito Puente , then graduated from New York High School for Performing Arts with Honors to study at the Manhattan School of Music and the New School .

Rodriguez had first appearances in Latin bands, jam sessions in Harlem and studio work for commercials. Since the late 1980s he has played with Bill Ware , Medeski, Martin & Wood , in Dizzy Gillespies United Nations Orchestra , the Gil Evans Orchestra , with David Murray , Doc Cheatham , Kenny Barron and Roy Hargrove . He is also musical director and founding member of the New York Groove Collective ; the band played in the opening act or accompanied music greats such as James Brown , Tupac Shakur and Isaac Hayes , Erykah Badu , The Roots and BB King . Her albums Declassified and People People Music Music (2006) received Grammy nominations . In the field of jazz he was involved in 32 recording sessions between 1992 and 2017. Under his own name he released the albums Live at the Fez - NYC 07.03.03 and Your Sound . Jay Rodriguez leads a quartet with Pete Drungle (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass) and Pheeroan akLaff (drums), as well as a trio with Alex Blake and Victor Jones .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jay Rodriguez, tenor sax. Smalls, July 1, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 1, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Rodriguez, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodríguez Sierra, Hernán Ramiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Barranquilla