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Afro-Cuban jazz pianist and composer
Musical artist
Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is a
Cuban jazz pianist and composer.
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Early life
Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in
Havana, Cuba into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, just as did his father
Guillermo Rubalcaba (born Guillermo González Camejo) and his grandfather
Jacobo Rubalcaba (born Jacobo González Rubalcaba).
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Later life and career
With
Orquesta Aragón , Rubalcaba toured France and Africa in 1983. He formed his own Grupo Projecto in 1985.
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Discography
As leader/co-leader
Mi Gran Pasion (Connector/Timba, 1987)
Live in Havana (Pimienta, 1989)
Giraldilla (Pimienta, 1990)
Discovery: Live at Montreux (
Blue Note , 1990)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Montreux (Somethin' Else, 1990)
The Blessing (Blue Note, 1991)
Images (Blue Note, 1992)
At Montreux (
Artex , 1993)
Suite 4 Y 20 (Blue Note, 1993)
Diz (Blue Note, 1993)
Rapsodia (Blue Note, 1994)
Imagine: Live in America (Blue Note, 1994)
Concatenacion (
Egrem , 1995)
Concierto Negro (Egrem, 1995)
Flying Colors (Blue Note, 1997)
Romantic (EMI, 1998)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Max, 1998)
Antiguo (Blue Note, 1998)
Inner Voyage (Blue Note/EMI, 1999)
Inicio (Egrem, 2001)
Supernova (Blue Note, 2001)
Straight Ahead (Yemaya, 2003)
Soneros de Verdad Present Rubalcaba Pasado y Presente (Universal Music Latino/Pimienta, 2003)
Paseo (Blue Note, 2004)
The Trio (
Angel , 2005)
Solo (Blue Note, 2005)
Avatar (Angel, 2008)
Faith (5Passion, 2010)
XXI Century (5Passion, 2011)
Live Faith (5Passion, 2014)
Suite Caminos (5Passion, 2015)
Tokyo Adagio with
Charlie Haden (
Impulse! , 2015) – recorded in 2005
Charlie (5Passion, 2015)
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Skyline with
Ron Carter ,
Jack DeJohnette (5Passion, 2021)
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Pédron Rubalcaba with
Pierrick Pédron (mars 2023)
Borrowed Roses (Top Stop, 2023)
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As sideman
With
Ignacio Berroa
With
Ron Carter
With
Juan Luis Guerra
With
Francisco Céspedes
Con el Permiso de Bola (Warner Music Mexico, 2006)
With
Chick Corea
With
Dave Holland
The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival, 2009)
With
Al Di Meola
With
Richard Galliano
With
Charlie Haden
With
Katia Labèque
Shape of My Heart (KML, 2009)
With
Tony Martinez
With
Pat Martino
With Strat Andriotis
Night Manager (2018) Song 21
Awards
Grammy Awards
Billboard Music Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
References
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a
b Huey, Steve.
"Gonzalo Rubalcaba" . AllMusic . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Bouchard, Fred (April 1996).
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Imagine . JazzTimes. pp. 72–. Retrieved 18 July 2018 . Gonzalo Rubalcaba, now barely 33, has shown world audiences from Montreux to Toronto to Tokyo his extraordinary heady cocktail of Oscar Peterson, Chucho Valdez and McCoy Tyner and Franz Liszt.
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Rubalcaba, Gonzalo (Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca)
Archived 2015-09-05 at the
Wayback Machine . Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Retrieved on July 31, 2015.
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"Gonzalo Rubalcaba" . AllMusic . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Skyline" . 5 Passion .
^ McDonough, John (December 2023). "Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Borrowed Roses".
DownBeat . Vol. 90, no. 12. p. 56.
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"Grammy Award Results for Gonzalo Rubalcaba" . Grammy.com . Retrieved November 27, 2020 .
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"The Complete List of Nominees" . Los Angeles Times . January 8, 1997. Retrieved November 27, 2020 .
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"The Nominees for the Grammy Awards" .
San Francisco Chronicle . January 5, 2000. p. 3. Archived from
the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2010 .
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"Complete List Of Grammy Nominees" .
CBS News . January 4, 2002. Retrieved November 4, 2010 .
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"The 2002 Grammy winners" .
San Francisco Chronicle . February 28, 2002. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2010 .
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"Final Nominations for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards" .
Billboard . 114 (3).
Nielsen Business Media, Inc. : 91. January 19, 2002. Retrieved April 12, 2013 .
^ McDermott, Tricia (February 13, 2005).
"2005 Grammy Award Winners" .
CBS News . Retrieved November 3, 2010 .
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"Grammy Awards: Complete Winners List" .
Variety . February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2020 .
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"2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List" . Grammy.com . November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020 .
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"2022 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List" . Grammy.com . April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 .
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"2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards" .
Billboard .
Prometheus Global Media . 2002. Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
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"2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists" .
Billboard .
Prometheus Global Media . 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2013 .
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"The List of Winners" .
Los Angeles Times . September 19, 2002. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .
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"Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations" . USA Today .
Gannett Company . November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011 .
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"Latin Grammy awards Thursday" .
USA Today .
Gannett Company . November 3, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2013 .
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"9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards" . Los Angeles Times . September 10, 2007. Archived from
the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011 .
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