Genres Jazz, salsa Website peterodriguezmusic.com Role Singer | Years active 1984-present Name Pete Rodriguez Music group Fania All-Stars | |
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Born August 2, 1969 ( 1969-08-02 ) Instruments Trumpet, vocal, percussion Died December 2, 2000, New York City, New York, United States Albums La Perfecta Combinacion, Los compadres, Este Negro Si Es Sabroso, Our Latin Thing (Nuestra, ¿Que Pasa? The Best of Fa | ||
Pete Rodriguez (born August 2, 1969) plays jazz trumpet and is a composer, vocalist, and percussionist. The reviewer Brian Zimmerman, in a review of the El Conde Negro album, wrote in 2015 that "Rodriguez is not only an attentive student of the Latin jazz tradition, but also one of the talented young artists who will usher it into the future."
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Biography
Raised in Bronx, New York. Rodriguez is a jazz trumpeter and vocalist who is now based in Austin, Texas. Son of salsa musician, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez. He has performed with Celia Cruz and appears on the Tito Puente’s album Mambo Birdland, which won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album in 2000. As a leader, his recent festival performances include the IX Festival De Jazz at the Conservatorio De Musica De Puerto Rico, and with his quintet, which included Luis Perdomo (pianist), drummer Rudy Royston, saxophonist Gil Del Bosque, and bassist Ricky Rodriguez, at the 2014 Festival de Jazz de Chihuahua.
Discography
Songs
La Esencia Del Guaguanco
Soneros De Bailadores
Convergencia
Catalina La O
Soy La Ley
El Conde Negro
Sonero
Shalom Malecum
De Que Te Vale
El cantar de los pinales
Punto bare
Azuquita mami
Oh That's Nice
Mi Negra Mariana
Pueblo Latino
Pastorcillo
Agarrate De La Brocha
Blanca
Mi Nuevo Amor
Sentimiento
Amor En La Arena
Solito
Areito A Sonar
Rayo Veloz
Los Compadres
Primoroso Cantar
Baila Vicente
El Instrumento
Encantigo
Como Cocina La Gorda
Caminando Con Papi
La Gloria Eres Tu