|
contents | jazz | |||||||||||||
| Bob Rodriguez at Somethin” Jazz Club Bob Rodriguez will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 25th at Somethin' Jazz Club ( 212 East 52nd Street, 3rd Floor (btw/ 2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York NY 10022) with Ken Filiano-bass and Bruce Ditmas-drums "The end product is an intriguing trio sound that is, largely, unlike anything on the scene". **** Will Smith, DownBeat Magazine Bob Rodriguez takes his place among such lyrical keyboard artists as Keith Jarrett, Richie Beirach, Fred Hersch and Brad Mehldau". Berman Jazz Music Foundation/Tom Ineck "Rodriguez's versatility spans the languid and the stormy; the trio evokes the Bill Evans-Scott LaFaro-Paul Motion group-impressionistic bop to romping post-bop." Midwest Jazz magazine Pianist, composer and educator Bob Rodriguez is a distinctively imaginative musician possessing virtuoso technique, extraordinary harmonic sensibility and an incomparable approach to combinng aspects of European classical and Latin music with modern jazz. Throughout his career Bob has worked with such artists as Kenny Wheeler, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and others and was a recipient of Chamber Music America New Works Grant. He has performed at such venues as New York's Blue Note, Birdland, Iridium, Sweet Rhythm, The Kitano, Cornelia Street Cafe, Trumpets, Cecil's to name a few. He has played solo concerts at Gracie Mansion and broadcast performances on NPR in Texas, Maine and New York. In addition to his work as a performer, Rodriguez is a very much in demand clinician/instructor in the world of jazz and classical music education. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |