Claudio Roditi
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Claudio Roditi is a jazz trumpeter.
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[edit] Biography
Claudio Roditi was born on May 28th, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By the time he was thirteen years old he was obsessed with jazz after hearing recordings of Louis Armstrong, Harry James and other American trumpeters. He later came to hear and love the music of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
After arriving in the United States in 1970, he began to study at Berklee School of Music, where he became musically influenced by Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan. In 1976 he moved to New York and began to establish himself as a formidable jazz figure.
Currently he leads his own band and frequently travels as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra.
He earned a Grammy Award nomination in 1995 for his "Symphonic Bossa Nova"[1].
[edit] Discography
- Red On Red (Greene Street 1984)
- Claudio! (Uptown 1985)
- Gemini Man (Milestone 1988)
- Slow Fire (Milestone 1989)
- Two Of Swords (Candid 1990)
- Milestones (Candid 1990) — selected Best Jazz CD of 1992 by CD Review
- Jazz Turns Samba (Groovin' High 1993)
- Daywaves (Terra Musica {Brazil}) 1993)
- Free Wheelin' (Reservoir 1994)
- Samba Manhattan Style (Reservoir 1995)
- Claudio, Rio & Friends (Groovin’ High 1996)
- Double Standards (Reservoir 1997)
- Mind Games - Live (Summit 1998)
[edit] References
- ^ Jazz Trumpet Solos.com: "Claudio Roditi"
