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Whaling City Sound – Feb 2018


Jay Rodriguez is a Grammy Nominated Saxophonist, Flautist, Clarinetist, Film Composer, Producer and Arranger.

PRESS
Whatever compelled Rodriguez to avoid putting his name out front for all these years, he stands proud here. – Nate Chinen, WBGO’s TAKE 5 PICK OF THE WEEK

Mr. Rodriguez moves between idioms and energies as easily as he switches instruments. – Giovanni Russonello, THE NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC’S PICK

Prolific. Prodigal. Profound. That is Jay Rodriguez. Sometimes the sound is explosive, wild and full of fury, other times his music aches with a passion that’s painful and bare. Always modest and reverent, Rodriguez harnesses the unbridled audacity of youth and melds it with the uncanny discipline of a hardened New York jazz veteran. Married to the song while sleeping with the groove, his sound sings of commitment to an ideal—it is spontaneity, culturally untethered and unpretentious, the excitement of far flung love at all costs. It is perfectionism kissed by chaos. – THE NEW YORKER

He could be breathy and insinuating on a ballad, brawny and extroverted in an uptempo…
– THE NEW YORK TIMES

Fleet-fingered saxophonist Jay Rodriguez has played it all in New York: salsa with Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, hip-hop with DJ Premier and Groove Collective, straight-ahead with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Barron and Doc Cheatham. His new band, SEVEN, pays homage to a recent discovery: the free jazz of saxophonist Ornette Coleman. “I felt like one of those folks who just learned the earth is round,” he says. Rodriguez took a deep dive into Coleman’s repertoire and came up with a brass and string ensemble inspired by the legend’s 1960s double quartets performING Coleman-inspired originals like “Your Sound,” as well as Coleman classics like “Lonely Woman,” at Winter Jazzfest.
– NPR

Mr. Rodriguez is more than a musician. He is a visionary. Jay Rodriguez is the Latin American Answer to James Carter and a true light to hear and see. – Arnie Lawrence, Founder of THE NEW SCHOOL for Jazz and Contemporary Music

Havana International Jazz Festival Reedman / Saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, down from New Y0rk for the festival says, ‘I have admiration for the people and the culture and the way they persevere and are educated, in general culturally and musically. They are supportive of their own musicians, and the young musicians are skilled and well trained.’
– JAZZTIMES

“His work is defined with versatility, humor and heart. His jazz playing is full of blues and soul. It is one of those voices that are hard to describe with words, and that is much closer to the spirit.”
– EL HERALDO, Colombia



Music

Your Sound

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Ghost Dancer

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Golden Earings

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Inovidable

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Clouds

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EVENTS

2018

FEBRUARY

20th Tues @ 9PM Jay Rodriguez’ YOUR SOUND CD RELEASE EVENT
Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012

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25th Sun @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Bluenote Milano Milan, Italy

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26th Mon @ 7PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Moody Jazz Cafe Foggia, Italy

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27th-28th Tues/Wed @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Duc des Lombards Paris, France

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28th Wed @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Duc des Lombards Paris, France

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MARCH

1st Thurs @ 8:15PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Ronnie Scott’s London, United Kingdom

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2nd Fri @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Jazz Club Tonne Dresden, Germany

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3rd Sat @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Zig Zag Club Berlin, Germany

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4th Sun @ 8PM Guest Soloist w/ Jason Miles & Theo Croker
Porgy and Bess Vienna, Austria

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APRIL

Jay Rodriguez’ YOUR SOUND Spring Tour TBA


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