Claudio Roditi

Claudio Roditi 2010

Claudio Roditi (born May 28, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian jazz trumpeter.^[1]

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",^[2] and another in 2010 as Best Latin Jazz Album for Brazilliance X 4.^[3]

Discography

As leader

• 1984: Red On Red (Greene Street)^[4]
• 1985: Claudio! (Uptown Records)
• 1988: Gemini Man (Milestone Records)
• 1989: Slow Fire (Milestone)
• 1990: Two Of Swords (Candid Records)
• 1990: Milestones (Candid)
• 1993: Jazz Turns Samba (Groovin' High)
• 1993: Daywaves (Terra Musica)
• 1994: Free Wheelin (Reservoir)
• 1995: Samba Manhattan Style (Reservoir)
• 1996: Claudio, Rio & Friends (Groovin’ High)
• 1997: Double Standards (Reservoir)
• 1998: Mind Games - Live (Summit)
• 2009: Brazilliance X4 (Resonance Records)
• 2009: Impressions (Sunnyside Records)
• 2010: Simpatico (Resonance)
• 2011: Bons Amigos (Resonance)

As sideman

With Gary Bartz

• West 42nd Street (1990)

With Michael Franks

• Tiger in the Rain

With Herbie Mann

• Jasil Brazz (1987)

With Nova Bossa Nova

• Jazz Influence (Arkadia Jazz)

With Horace Silver

• The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)

With McCoy Tyner

• Blue Bossa (1991)
• Autumn Mood (1997)
• McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (1999)
• Afro Blue (2007)

References

1. ^ Allmusic
2. ^ Jazz Trumpet Solos.com: "Claudio Roditi"
3. ^ http://www.grammy.com/nominees
4. ^ Dougpayne.com

External links

• A Claudio Roditi biography
• Claudio Roditi on Resonance Records

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