Alfredo Rodriguez is fond of saying that music has been his life since he was very young. The thing is, he's still very young. But the story of this 23-year-old pianist's daring defection from Cuba, ...

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San Francisco Performances has a highly regarded record of introducing gifted musicians when they are on the brink of big careers. Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez definitely fits into ...

Join Community Music Center for a free concert with conversation featuring Alfredo Rodríguez. Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez has become a globally recognized Grammy-nominee with multiple ...

Alfredo Rodriguez grew up in Havana, seeping in the sounds of Cuban music. When producer Quincy Jones heard him at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006, Jones suggested Rodriguez pursue music in the ...

1 of 2 — In his early twenties, Alfredo Rodriguez came to the United States with a spoken invitation from Quincy Jones. Though originally from North Carolina, Christie Dashiell attended Howard ...

Oye Afra is the posthumous release of a set of live recordings by Cuban-born, Paris-based pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and his band, including excellent violinist Ruben Chaviano and flutist Bobby Rangell ...

If Alfredo Rodriguez’s new album sometimes seems like a musical photo album with snapshots of his far-flung travels, well, that’s kind of the idea. Since defecting from Cuba and settling in Los ...

Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez gave our office audience a very quick lesson on why pianists from that island nation are so impressive: they treat the piano as the percussion instrument it is.

Dashiell's vocal delivery is so easy, you can barely hear her breathe. Rodriguez's control and dynamics make the piano sing, sweat and shake as he... Christie Dashiell, Alfredo Rodriguez On JazzSet ...

Though originally from North Carolina, Christie Dashiell attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., and now studies with Peter Eldridge from New York Voices at Manhattan School of Music. No ...