After Rodriguez

Alfredo Rodriguez's new album, Coral Way, embodies the sound of Miami: a melding of the Latin Pop, Timba, Salsa, Bachata, Tango, Reggaeton and Bolero that permeate the city's diverse community of Latinos living together while individually sharing their unique musical backgrounds from their cultural regions.

Born in Madrid in October 15th 1983, he discovers the piano at the age of six and studies in an autodidactic way for a few years. After a fleeting classical studies at the “Joaquin Turina” Conservatory in Madrid he moves to Holland in 2005 to study Jazz Piano. In June 2009 he graduates “Cum Laude” at the Rotterdam Conservatorium (Codarts) and obtains the Bachelor Degree of Jazz Piano.

The Manhattan Jazz Quintet are an unusual group in that they very rarely perform as a unit in the United States (much less Manhattan) but have been a major hit in Japan, both for their recordings and occasional tours. The band (which emphasizes straight-ahead hard bop swinging) first came together in 1983 at the suggestion of Japanese jazz magazine Swing Journal and the King record label and won the Gold Disk Award of Swing in 1984. Even now MJQ reigns as a top group of jazz circles. In commemoration of the band's 30th anniversary, it was decided to record and release the new work which features MJQ's leader David Matthews' clear arrangements and the exciting NY jazz sound of the current members.

The Manhattan Jazz Quintet are an unusual group in that they very rarely perform as a unit in the United States (much less Manhattan) but have been a major hit in Japan, both for their recordings and occasional tours. The band (which emphasizes straight-ahead hard bop swinging) first came together in 1983 at the suggestion of Japanese jazz magazine Swing Journal and the King record label and won the Gold Disk Award of Swing in 1984. Even now MJQ reigns as a top group of jazz circles. In commemoration of the band's 30th anniversary, it was decided to record and release the new work which features MJQ's leader David Matthews' clear arrangements and the exciting NY jazz sound of the current members.

The Manhattan Jazz Quintet are an unusual group in that they very rarely perform as a unit in the United States (much less Manhattan) but have been a major hit in Japan, both for their recordings and occasional tours. The band (which emphasizes straight-ahead hard bop swinging) first came together in 1983 at the suggestion of Japanese jazz magazine Swing Journal and the King record label and won the Gold Disk Award of Swing in 1984. Even now MJQ reigns as a top group of jazz circles. In commemoration of the band's 30th anniversary, it was decided to record and release the new work which features MJQ's leader David Matthews' clear arrangements and the exciting NY jazz sound of the current members.