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MP3 Luis Rodriguez - U-Turn

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(ID 1357279)
Progressive Jazz

9 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, JAZZ: Latin Jazz



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Luis Rodríguez was born in Bayamón Puerto Rico on February 1978. Luis started his musical education at the age of 12 at the âEscuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antoniniâ in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. After playing the violin for a year Luis quickly moved to the saxophone where he found a more suitable voice for expression.

In 1997 at age 18 Rodríguez won a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music. Luis finally moved to Boston in 1998 to start his education. In Berklee Luis was greatly influenced by professors Greg Hopkins and Ted Pease who encourage Luis to develop his compositional skills. It was Ted Pease who encourage Luis to form his own band to give life to his music. Also, while in Berklee Luis established lasting friendships with professors Victor Mendoza, Eguie Castrillo and Eduardo Tancredi becoming part of their respective groups.

Alter graduating from Berklee in 2001 with a degree in Jazz Composition; Luis continued his education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from which he graduated in 2003 with a Masters in Jazz Composition and Arranging. At this time Luis started his career as a performer in the New England area.

In 2003 Rodríguez rejoined the groups of Victor Mendoza, Eguie Castrillo and Eduardo Tancredi, with this last one Luis collaborated on his album Ongoing Dreams with Antonio Sanchez, Miguel Zenón, Jerry Bergonzi and Dino Govonni among many others.

After a year of extensive performance in the New England Area, and having shared the stage with musicians such as Giovanni Hidalgo, Poncho Sánchez, Ernie Watts, Dave Samuels, Danilo Pérez and Paquito DâRivera among others. Luis moved back to Puerto Rico to begin planning his first album. In Puerto Rico Luis quickly became faculty of the Inter American University, the Conservatorio de Artes del Caribe and the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.

Shortly after settling in Puerto Rico, Luis established his group with bassist Ramón Vázquez, pianist Yan Carlos Artime and drummer Efraín Martínez. The Luis Rodríguez Quartet first appearance was in June 2005 at the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest. Upcoming performances include the Sunset Jazz Festival in St. Croix Jazz and a tour in Spain later in the fall.

Luis uses Selmer Series III saxophones, Vandoren Reeds and Otto Link mouthpieces.


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