Alfredo In NYC

We are thrilled to announce that Alfredo is taking his first trip to New York City! Alfredo will have the pleasure of visiting the legendary Village Vanguard and Jazz Standard to see The Barry Harris Trio and Chris Potter’s Underground-two artists that Alfredo looks up to very much. Alfredo is visiting New York City to play at The First Annual Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium this Wednesday.

Update: Additional Performances Added!

We’re excited to report that Alfredo will be performing more this year! You can view the new dates here, or by simply clicking the “Shows” link above this page. The dates include performances at The Playboy Jazz Festival, The Newport Jazz Festival, The Detroit Jazz Festival, The Monterey Jazz Festival and The San Francisco Jazz Festival. We look forward to seeing you there!

SXSW Recap: Reviews

During the Playboy Jazz Festival press conference, Alfredo was fortunate enough to receive wondeful reviews from the press. After having performed at Quincy Jones’s keynote address at SXSW and at the Elephant Room, Alfredo has been warmly received by SXSW-goers too. In “My SXSW Experience: Day 2 (Music Publishing & Quincy Jones) Creative Loafing’s“, Creative Loafing commented on Alfredo as a “former Cuban national, now defected and a bad ass piano player.” Prefix Mag was there to report on Alfredo’s performance in “SXSW MIssive: Day 2“. ”Rodriguez himself played an impassioned, stunning arrangement on the waiting Steinway grand. A great way to start the afternoon!” Savvant Music was there to see Alfredo perform at both the SXSW Keynote address and the Elephant Room. Savvant Music announced: “Get ready for it, because Quincy Jones has a new protégé, Alfredo Rodriguez – a pianist so intense, so beautiful and so emotive you never, ever want the music to stop.” We were humbled by Anny’s words from Savvant Music, who commented on Alfredo’s Elephant Room performance as:

“amazing improvisational skills and beautiful artistic soul. Part of Rodriguez’ genius is his ability to be so playful and simple interspersed with moments of exquisite emotional intensity.  He takes a melody and weaves it in and out of harmony and discord while maintaining the pure integrity of the melody and the feel of the song.”

At the end of Alfredo’s encore performance at The Elephant Room, Quincy Jones stood up to say some very inspirational words about Alfredo: “this young man makes me even happier than I already am to be alive” and finally adding “This is what music is about.” Alfredo was also kindly referenced (out of the hundreds of artists that could have been mentioned) by The New York Times, in their SXSW article. Stay tuned for more!

Capitol Studios Recording Session with Q

Last week, two remarkable things took place in the world of Alfredo Rodriguez: He recorded a series of songs at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood; and Quincy Jones attended the session to produce Alfredo’s songs. The session took place in Studio A of Capitol Studios, which holds more than 50 years of recording history. Alfredo used studio gear courtesy of Harman International. You can check out a slideshow of the Capitol Studios recording session below: