Alfredo @ The Detroit Jazz Festival 9/6/09

This Sunday, September 6th, please join us as Alfredo performs at the legendary Detroit Jazz Festival! Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/

Review of Alfredo’s 8/10/09 Show at Vibrato

Don Heckman, a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, has written a review of Alfredo’s recent show at Vibrato. An excerpt of the article follows:

“It’s hard, in fact, to think of a jazz pianist since Art Tatum so capable of reaching across the complete range of the instrument’s expressive potential. 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.”

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Review of Alfredo’s New York Debut

A review of Alfredo’s New York Debut at the Jazz Standard has appeared in All About Jazz. The writer, Giovanni Russonello, wrote a wonderfully detailed description of Alfredo’s performance. An excerpt from the piece follows:

“The trio caught its stride—on a tune centered on stumbling. And stumble it did, but in just the right way. Drummer Dafnis Prieto began the Rodriguez composition “Oxygeno,” cast in halting 7/8 time, with a show-stopping solo that brought listeners to their feet. He found a groove, and Rodriguez and Flores fell in. Afterward, the pianist explained the idea behind “Oxygeno” as the synergy he feels between living—breathing, in this case—and music. “I try to make my music sound as if it has life, you know?” he said. “It’s called ‘Oxygeno,’ and it’s about that—it’s about respiration.” Each measure contains an even four beats (breathing easy) then a jerky three (gasping).

In his solo, Rodriguez varied his entrance points, and explored the different spots within a measure where a line might peak or truncate. Prieto dropped a savvy string of bombs on the bass drum as Rodriguez tumbled forward. After this song, an old abuela in the front row came to the side of the stage and whispered something in Rodriguez’ ear. Only the two of them know what she said, but it was clear she’d drawn a bit of invigorating oxygen from the vital music.”

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