Alfredo Rodríguez Salicio (born October 7, 1985) is a Cuban composer and jazz pianist.
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Birth name | Alfredo Rodríguez |
Born | (1985-10-07) October 7, 1985 (age 37) Havana, Cuba |
Genres | Latin jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Piano, synthesizer |
Years active | 2006 – present |
Labels | Mack Avenue Records |
Website | www |
Rodríguez's interest in jazz was stimulated by the annual "JoJazz" competition for young jazz musicians,[1] where he won an honorable mention in 2003.[2]
A 2009 reviewer suggested that Rodríguez was "more a melding of Bill Evans, Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch, even touches of Thelonious Monk in conception if not execution, [with] hints here and there of his Cuban heritage".[3]
Another critic in the same year wrote that, "In one tune, his crisp bebop lines recalled Bill Evans' early playing on the George Russell mid-fifties Jazz Workshop album. Other pieces suggested the melodic inventiveness of Keith Jarrett. And still others displayed a nascent style of his own, contrasting angular, leaping passages and thick harmonic clusters with sudden, unexpected arcs of lyricism".[4]
Year | Album | Label |
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2012 | Sounds of Space | Mack Avenue |
2014 | The Invasion Parade | Mack Avenue |
2016 | Tocororo | Mack Avenue |
2018 | The Little Dream | Mack Avenue |
2019 | Duologue with Pedrito Martínez | Mack Avenue |
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