Alfredo Rodríguez

Alfredo Rodríguez Salicio (born October 7, 1985) is a Cuban composer and jazz pianist.

Alfredo Rodríguez is the older of two sons of Alfredo “Alfredito” Rodríguez, a professional singer, romantic song composer and television presenter and Mayra Salicio. He studied classical piano at the Manuel Saumell Conservatory, then at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory of Music and at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Rodríguez’s interest in jazz was stimulated by the annual “JoJazz” competition for young jazz musicians, where he won an honorable mention in 2003.In 2006, Rodríguez was selected as one of twelve pianists from around the world to play at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. It was there that he met music icon Quincy Jones, who has since been both his producer and a mentor.

One of Rodríguez’s best-known compositions was made in collaboration with Quincy, Tan Dun, and Siedah Garrett; the anthem Better City, Better Life was selected as the official soundtrack of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

In 2015, Rodríguez received his first Grammy nomination in the category “Best Instrumental Arrangement,” for the song Guantanamera.

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