Review from Alfredo’s 2009 DJF Show

15 September, 2009

 

Check out the review of Alfredo’s recent appearance at the Detroit Jazz Festival on JazzPolice.com by clicking here.

An excerpt from the review follows:

“Alfredo Rodriguez, for me (and I suspect many others) the most pleasant surprise of the festival…Unlike any Cuban pianist I have heard, Rodriguez—the only artist I saw at the festival to perform solo– seemed more a melding of Bill Evans, Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch, even touches of Thelonious Monk in conception if not execution, hints here and there of his Cuban heritage… if Chopin had spent time in Havana. His rendition of “Body and Soul” was the most stirring keyboard version I can remember, and he arranged the unlikely nursery rhyme, “Frère Jacques,” as if always intended to be a beautiful jazz ballad. Technical brilliance tempered by touch and eloquent voicings, never bombastic, Alfredo Rodriguez hopefully will soon be playing in a club near you… and me.”

Comments are closed.