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Genre: Other
Location New York, Un
Profile Views: 15815
Last Login: 10/2/2012
Member Since 2/7/2008
Website www.robertojuanrodriguez.com
Record Label TZADIK RECORDS: SALSA KLEZMER (Radical Jewish Culture Series)
Type of Label Indie
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CUBAN JEWISH ALL STARS ARE: URI SHARLIN-Piano,Accordion,Organ GILAD HAREL-Clarinet (Israel) IVAN BARENBOIM-Clarinet (U.S.) JONATHAN KEREN-Violin ITAI KRISS-Flute BERNIE MINOSO-Bass IGOR ARIAS-Congas,Perc.Vocals ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-Percussion TZADIK Radical Jewish Culture Series .... SEXTETO RODRIGUEZ "Timba Talmud" May 2009 .... Roberto Juan Rodriguez Composer & Percussionist Roberto Juan Rodriguez is a bona fide innovator, that rare musician whose creative vision …breathes joy and melancholy with tremendous emotional clarity. Tom Jurek All Music Guide Born in East Havana Cuba, and raised in Miami , percussionist and composer Roberto Rodriguez brings groundbreaking new music through his cross-cultural roots. Drawing upon his influences across the board of traditional Cuban music roots to contemporary genres of world music and Sephardic music, pop, jazz and improvisation, electronic, classical, he is one of the most versed performers and intriguing composers today. Education: Roberto Rodriguez was born in El Vedado Habana, Cuba. He studied violin, piano and trumpet at Caturla Conservatory of Music in Habana, and trumpet and drumset from his father, trumpeter and arranger Roberto Luis Rodriguez. Roberto began playing professionally drumset at the age of 13 in Miami with his fathers ensembles as well as Israel " Cachao " Lopez. He received full scholarship to the music program at Univ. of Miami. Sexteto Roberto Rodriguez: Gilad Harel - clarinet, Bernie Minoso (formely with Paul Simon and MD for Tito Puente) - bass, Jonathan Keren - violin, Uri Sharlin - accordion, Igor Arias Baro - Congas & Bongos, Roberto Rodriguez – bandleader/composer/percussion Awards: Festiladino Jerusalem, Finalist BBC 3 Radio Best World Music Award Recipient 2007 Arts International Grant American Music Awards Recipient Grammy Awards Nominee Performances with Sexteto Rodriguez: Concertgebouw Holland, Barbican Theater London, Malta Jazz Festival, Sines Musicas do Mundo Portugal, Museum of Jewish Heritage NYC, Skirball Center LA, Istanbul Jazz, Haimet-Klange Festival Berlin, Slovenia Jazz Festival, Features and Reviews The World NPR, All Songs Considered NPR, Modern Drummer, Downbeat Magazine, All About Jazz NY, Washington Post, Jazziz, Vibrations , Signal to Noise, All Music Guide, Boston Globe,Le Monde, The Guardian UK, Jerusalem Report, The Jewish Forward, Time Out NY, Ethnomusicology Vol 51-No 1-Winter 2007 Roberto Rodriguez has performed and recorded with many great musicians such as: Rufus Wainwright, Joe Jackson ,John Zorn ,Marc Ribot , Celia Cruz ,Israel "CACHAO" Lopez, Paquito D'Rivera, Julio Iglesias, Miami Sound Machine, Paul Simon, TBone Burnett ,Lloyd Cole, Reuben Blades, Larry Coryell, Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, Randy Brecker , Dave Liebman , Kim Karnes, Phoebe Snow, Dianne Shurer , Lester Bowie Wadada Leo Smith Projects: Sexteto Roberto Rodriguez Sarah Aroeste, Ladino singer Electric Kulintang- Best10 cd's WIRE-UK 2007 Mundo Niños-This is a Beat Maurice El Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez- Best BBC Radio 3 2007 Irving Fields Trio Joe Jackson singer , composer, writer Dr. L Subramaniam, S. Indian violin virtuoso Kavita Krishnamurti, classical Indian singer Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos John Zorn saxophonist and composer The First Basket music by Roberto Rodriguez 2006 Selected Discography: Electric Kulintang Dialects (Plastic) Maurice el Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez: Descarga Oriental, (Piranha) Rufus Wainwright- Want (Geffen) Roberto Rodriguez ~ Timba Talmud ~ Baila! Gitano Baila! ~El Danzon de Moises (Tzadik) Mundo Niños This is a Beat! Jessie Harris Los Ferdinandos (Blue Note) Joe Jackon Live - Two Rainy Nights (Sony ) Marc Ribot, & los cubanos postizos and !Muy Divertido! (Atlantic ) John Zorn, Taboo & Exile (Tzadik) Miami Sound Machine, Into the Light and Cuts both ways (Epic ) -
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URI SHARLIN-Piano,Accordion,Organ GILAD HAREL-Clarinet (Israel) IVAN BARENBOIM-Clarinet (U.S.) JONATHAN KEREN-Violin ITAI KRISS-Flute BERNIE MINOSO-Bass IGOR ARIAS-Congas,Perc.Vocals ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-Percussion -
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