GONZALO RUBALCABA

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Cuban jazz pianist & composer. Born: 27 May 1963 in Havana, Cuba.

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A gifted Cuban jazz pianist with amazing technique who filters various influences through the lense of his heritage.

One of the most important figures to emerge from Afro-Cuban jazz in the '90s, Gonzalo Rubalcaba is an extraordinarily versatile pianist able to blend disparate strands of Cuban and American jazz tradition into a fresh, modern whole. Born into a musical family in Havana on May 27, 1963, Rubalcaba began studying classical piano at age eight, honing his technique in that area for the next 12 years while playing around Havana by night. In 1983, he toured France and Africa with Cuba's longstanding Orquesta Aragon, and formed his own band, Grupo Proyecto, in 1985, the same year he was discovered by Dizzy Gillespie. In 1986, Rubalcaba played the Havana Jazz Festival with the American rhythm section of Charlie Haden and
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GONZALO RUBALCABA Grupo Proyecto De Gonzalo Rubalcaba ‎: La Nueva Cubana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grupo Proyecto De Gonzalo Rubalcaba ‎: La Nueva Cubana
Latin Jazz 1985
GONZALO RUBALCABA Mi gran pasion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mi gran pasion
Latin Jazz 1988
GONZALO RUBALCABA Giraldilla album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Giraldilla
Latin Jazz 1990
GONZALO RUBALCABA Suite 4 Y 20 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Suite 4 Y 20
Post Bop 1992
GONZALO RUBALCABA Rapsodia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rapsodia
Post Bop 1993
GONZALO RUBALCABA Concierto Negro album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concierto Negro
Latin Jazz 1995
GONZALO RUBALCABA Inicio (aka Straight Ahead) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Inicio (aka Straight Ahead)
Latin Jazz 1995
GONZALO RUBALCABA The Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Trio
Post Bop 1997
GONZALO RUBALCABA Antiguo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Antiguo
Post Bop 1997
GONZALO RUBALCABA Inner Voyage album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Inner Voyage
Post Bop 1999
GONZALO RUBALCABA Supernova album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Supernova
Post Bop 2001
GONZALO RUBALCABA Gonzalo Rubalcaba & New Cuban Quartet ‎: Paseo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gonzalo Rubalcaba & New Cuban Quartet ‎: Paseo
Post Bop 2004
GONZALO RUBALCABA Solo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo
Post Bop 2006
GONZALO RUBALCABA Avatar album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Avatar
Post Bop 2008
GONZALO RUBALCABA Fe…Faith album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fe…Faith
Post Bop 2011
GONZALO RUBALCABA XXI Century album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
XXI Century
Latin Jazz 2011
GONZALO RUBALCABA Volcan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Volcan
Post Bop 2013
GONZALO RUBALCABA Suite Caminos album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Suite Caminos
Latin Jazz 2015
GONZALO RUBALCABA Charlie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie
Post Bop 2015
GONZALO RUBALCABA Turning Point album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Turning Point
Post Bop 2022
GONZALO RUBALCABA Borrowed Roses album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Borrowed Roses
Post Bop 2023
GONZALO RUBALCABA Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Hamilton de Holanda : Collab album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Hamilton de Holanda : Collab
Latin Jazz 2024
GONZALO RUBALCABA Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Dongfeng Liu : China Afro Cuba album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Dongfeng Liu : China Afro Cuba
World Fusion 2024

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GONZALO RUBALCABA live albums

GONZALO RUBALCABA Live In Havanna Volume 1 (aka Concatenacion Vol. 1) album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Live In Havanna Volume 1 (aka Concatenacion Vol. 1)
Latin Jazz 1986
GONZALO RUBALCABA Live In Havanna Vol.2 (aka Concatenacion Vol. 2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Havanna Vol.2 (aka Concatenacion Vol. 2)
Latin Jazz 1986
GONZALO RUBALCABA Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio : At Montreux (aka Discovery) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio : At Montreux (aka Discovery)
Post Bop 1990
GONZALO RUBALCABA The Blessing album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
The Blessing
Post Bop 1991
GONZALO RUBALCABA Images (aka Images : Live At Mt. Fuji) album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Images (aka Images : Live At Mt. Fuji)
Post Bop 1991
GONZALO RUBALCABA Diz...... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Diz......
Post Bop 1994
GONZALO RUBALCABA Imagine - Gonzalo Rubalcaba in the USA album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Imagine - Gonzalo Rubalcaba in the USA
Post Bop 1995
GONZALO RUBALCABA Faith Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Faith Live
Post Bop 2015
GONZALO RUBALCABA Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola : Viento Y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola : Viento Y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2020

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GONZALO RUBALCABA re-issues & compilations

GONZALO RUBALCABA Live In Havanna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Havanna
Latin Jazz 1987
GONZALO RUBALCABA Cuba Live In Havana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuba Live In Havana
Latin Jazz 1989
GONZALO RUBALCABA Concatenacion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concatenacion
Latin Jazz 1993
GONZALO RUBALCABA Messidor's Finest Volume 4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Messidor's Finest Volume 4
Latin Jazz 1996
GONZALO RUBALCABA Messidor's Finest Vol.3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Messidor's Finest Vol.3
Latin Jazz 1997
GONZALO RUBALCABA Best Of Gonzalo Rubalcaba album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best Of Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Latin Jazz 1997
GONZALO RUBALCABA Standards By Gonzalo Rubalcaba album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Standards By Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Post Bop 2000

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Solos : The Jazz Sessions
Post Bop 2010

GONZALO RUBALCABA Reviews

GONZALO RUBALCABA Images (aka Images : Live At Mt. Fuji)

Live album · 1991 · Post Bop
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Classically trained Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba toured Europe during the early 80s, and played at Montreux with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian in 1990. In 1991 he moved from Cuba to the Dominican Republic, that same year he participated in one of the largest jazz festivals in Japan, Mt. Fuji Jazz, with his American trio.

His trio at this festival, where they recorded "Images", is an all-acoustic trio with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist John Patitucci. They are a highest class small band, with whom Rubalcaba shows his excellent level of musicianship as lead and as collaborator. The album's opener, "No Name", is a six minute long Rubalcaba original, a fast tuneful fusion piece that Hiromi would be proud of.

Lennon's "Imagine", bright lyrical ballade, sounds surprisingly fresh. The trio switches toward jazz roots on "Autumn Leaves", where Rubalcaba's classical training feels more obvious, and the composition sounds really great.

There are two trio member's originals on this album - Patitucci's ballade "Peace And Quiet Time", and DeJohnette's "Ebony", plus two more of Rubalcaba's own songs - "Joao" and the closer "Mima".

Rubalcaba demonstrates here his best playing - emotive, tuneful, very technical, with classical touch, but never formal and very lively. Compositions are all different, quite memorable, and DeJohnette and Patitucci are both in a great form too.

Impressive work of three greats, tradition rooted but with lots of Cuban passion.

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