Fernando Rodriguez
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05/16/12 Community Articles
Jazz en Dominicana interviews Anthony Jefferson
This is an in depth interview with Anthony Jefferson, a native of New Orleans, who sings: Blues, Jazz and R & B. He now resides in Sosua on the north coast of the Dominican Republic where he and his band, The Jefferson Faculty, play and sing classical jazz...
03/21/12 Community Articles
UNESCO declares April 30th as International Jazz Day
The United Nations Educationall, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO - proclaimedm at the 36th session of its General Conference, that April 30th of each year be known as Internanional Jazz Day. Jazz en Dominicana, the Dominican Fiesta Hotel...
09/18/11 Community Articles
For the first time in the Dominican Republic, Richard Bona – One concert only!!!
Richard Bona, the well-known bassist and vocalist from Cameroon will perform a single concert on his first visit to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday October 12 at 8:00 PM at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Hotel.
04/04/11 Community Articles
Santiago, Dominican Republic, becomes the Jazz Capital of the Americas for 3 days
The Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic, the Institute of Caribbean Studies (INEC) and Centro León will host the Fourth International Conference Music, Identity and Culture in the Caribbean (MIC) from the 15th to the 17th of April; The conference...
07/22/10 Community Articles
Jazz en Dominicana interviews Peter Erskine
As promised, our last of three interviews prior to the upcoming Peter Erskine New Trio concert featuring Damian Erskine & Vardan Ovsepian to be held in Santo Domingo on July 28th concert would be with Peter Erskine; the previous two with Damian Erskine and...
07/18/10 Community Articles
Jazz en Dominicana interviews Vardan Ovsepian
As part of preparing our readers for the upcoming Peter Erskine New Trio, Jazz en Dominicana conducted exclusive interviews with the members of the trio, prior to their trip into Santo Domingo for the July 28th concert which will kick off the second series...
07/13/10 Community Articles
Jazz en Dominicana interviews Damian Erskine
The second of five concerts that make up the 2010 version on the World Jazz Circuit Latin America is the Peter Erskine New Trio featuring Damian Erskine and Vardan Ovsepian. These concerts are to be held in the Dominican Republic, Chile and Argentina – the...
05/03/10 Community Articles
World Jazz Circuit Latin America 2010-2011
The World Jazz Circuit - Latin America 2010 is an extraordinary event that offers a series of five jazz concerts of the highest level, which for the first time will take place in Latin America and will have world-class musicians playing at different venues...
10/12/09 Community Articles
10th Version of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
The DR Jazz Festival, which arrives at it’s tenth version and will be celebrated from November 6-8 on the beach on the island’s north coast town of Cabarete, worldwide renown for Kite and Wind Surfing, will provide 3 days of excellent Jazz from international...
07/02/09 Community Articles
¨What’s Michelle Marie up to?¨ Her Dominican fans are asking!!!
In November of 2007 Michelle Marie played at the DR Jazz Festival in Cabarete on the north coast of the Dominican Republic and impressed all with her music, both her playing as well as her compositions. Her fans have been asking ¨What is Michelle Marie...
06/26/09 Community Articles
Jazz en Dominicana Interviews Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch will be playing in the Casa de Teatro Jazz Festival in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on the 4th of July, this is the exclusive interview held June 25th with him.
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Fernando writes for his Jazz Blog (only page dedicated to promoting jazz in the Dominican Republic and it's musicians, composers and other related), promotes Jazz in the country and manages a weekly live Jazz space. He loves music, lives it, cannot think what his life would be like without it's presence in it, specially his so beloved Jazz...A "Free Spirit" and a family man who loves to listen to good Jazz with a fine red wine or a glass of Gentlemans Jack; a good Cigar; a fine game of Backgammon; and, specially loves a great sunset with his loving wife!!!
Fernando Rodriguez joined the JazzTimes community on Mar 20, 2009