Roberto Juan Rodriguez, the drummer for Marc Ribot's acclaimed Los Cubanos Postizos, leads an eclectic 12-piece ensemble through an exploratory set of originals, seamlessly melding Cuban and Jewish influences. Joining Rodriguez are heavy hitters from the klezmer and avant-garde jazz worlds, including Mark Feldman, David Krakauer, Matt Darriau, Peter Apfelbaum, Craig Taborn, Susie Ibarra, Marcus Rojas, and Brad Jones.
Only 1 left in stock (more on the way). Only 1 left in stock (more on the way). I highly recommend this album with an album title song "El Danzon de Moises" or "Moses Danzon" worthy of its contents and creation. A must have for both Cuban and Klezmer music fans, I guarantee they will be delighted when they listen to this outstanding fusion and this unique creation. This album is definitely the musical voice of Cuba's longtime small but not forgotten jewish community "our polacos" as we called them, which is the title of the first song of this compilation.
Roberto Juan Rodríguez (Havana) is a Cuban-American jazz musician who is known for fusion of Latin music and Jewish Klezmer elements. Although not Jewish his father's Latin band regularly played at Jewish theatre, weddings and bar mitzvahs in Miami, giving the young percussionist an interest in Jewish music. In the 1980s he moved to New York, recording with Marc Ribot, as the drummer for Ribot's Los Cubanos Postizos, and John Zorn. El Danzon de Moises (2002).
Roberto Juan Rodriguez Music. Before leaving Cuba for Miami with his family at age 9, joining millions of others in flight, Rodriguez studied violin and piano at Caturla conservatory in Havana, while also learning to play drums and trumpet under the approving eye of his musician father. Barely in his teens, Rodriguez started drumming professionally in his father’s ensembles in Miami. Soon enough, he enlisted the help of musicians like clarinetist David Krakauer and entered the recording studio. El Danzon de Moises (The Dance of Moses)-overflowing with fresh, remarkable Judeo-Cuban music - Baila! Gitano Baila! in 2004, and Timba Talmud in 2008. He was recently invited by John Zorn to record a cd of Masada pieces from the "Book of Angels".
Rodriguez doubles on trumpet, the indefatigable David Krakauer mans the clarinet, Matt Darriau plays both, Craig Taborn ripples the ivories, and what comes out is less wedding than chamber or dinner music. Because there's accordion, it often recalls another triumph of Latinized European cosmopolitanism, tango-as bent and elegant as Astor Piazzolla, and suppler. The last track is the wildest and most African and has the heartrending title "Jerusalem Market. Would it could be so. A
Rodriguez speaks of his inspiration and artistic intent: I envision this band being in Cuba in the 1930s and ‘40s. It’s like a dream band I dreamt up and put together in New York City.
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