QUINCY JONES PRESENTS:
THE ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO

Repéré par Chick Corea et Wayne Shorter, le jeune Alfredo Rodriguez a été découvert au festival de Montreux par Quincy Jones en personne. Depuis, Alfredo est devenu le protégé du légendaire compositeur et producteur. En tant que mentor et ami, Quincy vient de produire « Sounds of Space », le premier album d’Alfredo Rodriguez. Le prodigieux jeune pianiste cubain est une future grande étoile du jazz mondial. Evoquant souvent le génie de Keith Jarrett, Thelonius Monk et Art Tatum, Rodriguez fait preuve d’une technique infaillible, d’une virtuosité confondante et d’une inventivité de tout instant. Ses performances lumineuses se distinguent par une explosion de rythmes, des cascades de notes déferlantes, mais aussi par l’élégance de son toucher, l’intensité de son jeu et ses compositions ciselées.

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Alfredo Rodriguez is one of the world’s most outstanding young, highly acclaimed pianists. Quincy Jones, the legendary composer, producer and musician discovered young Alfredo at the Montreux Jazz Festival and has since become his mentor, teacher, friend and, Rodriguez says, “like a new father” to him. A young pianist of astonishing virtuosity and imagination, Cuban-born Alfredo Rodriguez calls up images of legendary jazz pianists like Keith Jarrett, Thelonius Monk, Art Tatum, Bill Evans and his compatriot Chucho Valdés. On stage he quickly established himself as a force, a powerhouse pianist, an artistically gifted wizard, and an emerging star with a prodigious talent. As an almost frenetic performer, he allows his mesmerizing technical brilliance to be tempered however by an elegant touch, an exquisite emotional intensity and beautiful voicings. “He is very special, and I do not say that easily because I have been surrounded by the best musicians in the world, and he is one of the best”, says Quincy who definitely took Alfredo under his wings by producing his first album.

Photo by Roberto Cifarelli