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Alfredo’s Performance At “Bienvenido Gustavo”
Posted by adam on 7 October, 2009
Photo Credit: Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times / October 3
Alfredo performed to a crowd of 18,000 Angelenos at the Hollywood Bowl for “Bienvenido Gustavo” on Saturday, October 3rd. Mentor Quincy Jones introduced Alfredo as the first performance of the evening. Alfredo performed ‘Crossing The Border,’ and ‘Mazurca en Glissando.’ The event also featured special performances by Herbie Hancock (with the Los Angeles County High School for the Jazz Arts Band), David Hidalgo & Taj Mahal (with Los Cenzontles), Andrae Crouch, and Flea (with the Silverlake Music Conservatory). At the later half of the night, the Expo Center Youth Orchestra performed “Ode To Joy” with Gustavo Dudamel conducting. Finally, Gustavo conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as they performed an exhilarating rendition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. To read more, click HERE.
Alfredo in the Los Angeles Times
Posted by adam on 4 October, 2009
Photo Credit: Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times published a 2-page article about Alfredo on the front page of yesterday’s (Saturday’s) Calendar section! To read the article, click HERE An excerpt from the article is below:
“Now, Rodriguez’s grace under pressure and talent for finding emotional truth in the split-second fall of a piano key has brought him to the verge of an improbable success story. The musician, who turns 24 on Wednesday, will be performing today at the Hollywood Bowl as part of the “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!” concert celebrating Gustavo Dudamel’s arrival as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new music director…[Alfredo] is recording a debut album with Quincy Jones, the Grammy Award-winning composer, producer and musician who discovered Rodriguez at the Montreux Jazz Festival and has become his mentor, teacher and, Rodriguez says, “like a new father” to him… Since moving stateside, Rodriguez has been receiving loud ovations and praise from fellow professionals at such venues as the Monterey and Playboy jazz festivals. Jones says that when he first heard Rodriguez play three years ago “it knocked me on my booty, man!”…Some Los Angeles musical insiders, including Josh Groban and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, got a preview of Rodriguez’s talents during a showcase a couple of months ago at the Vibrato Grill Jazz. In his brief set, Rodriguez demonstrated his elegant yet explosive technique and command of an array of musical idioms.”— Reed Johnson ⋅ October 3, 2009