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debut from cuba
Alfredo Rodríguez
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alfredo rodríguez piano
Alfredo Rodríguez sunday, october 25, 7PM San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Alfredo Rodríguez, 24, is the latest piano sensation from Cuba, and his career is taking off with a little help from music mogul Quincy Jones. A major force as a player and producer in Havana by his late teens, Rodríguez got his big break in 2006 when he landed a gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival and unexpectedly received permission to attend. Determined to seek greater opportunity, he made the painful decision to defect to the U.S. last January. Like earlier Cuban keyboard maestros Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdes, Rodríguez is steeped in the European classical tradition, Cuban popular music and modern jazz. His Bay Area debut tops off an auspicious year including a recording session produced by Jones and riveting performances at SXSW and the Playboy Jazz Festival.

“This is what music is about." quincy jones