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Michael Rodriguez

Michael Rodriguez is a trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose work spans solo groups, the Rodriguez Brothers, and major ensembles.

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Career Overview

About Michael Rodriguez

Rodriguez’s official biography traces his path from Queens and Miami through the New School into touring and recording with Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, and other leaders. It distinguishes his trumpet and flugelhorn work from his own composition and teaching.[1]

His artist history separates two leader paths: solo recordings beginning with Reverence and the co-led Rodriguez Brothers catalog with pianist Robert Rodriguez. Pathways returns to a quintet under Michael’s name and frames original compositions around lessons from several long-term mentors.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer

Michael Rodriguez leader groups

Reverence and Pathways document Rodriguez in small groups organized around his trumpet voice and original writing.[1][2]

Co-leader, trumpeter, and composer

Rodriguez Brothers

Michael and pianist Robert Rodriguez developed a five-album collaborative catalog distinct from Michael’s solo leader sessions.[1]

Trumpeter and flugelhornist

Large-ensemble and collaborative work

The official biography documents sustained work with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Chick Corea’s Spanish Heart Band, and the SFJAZZ Collective.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2015 · Criss Cross Jazz

Impromptu

Rodriguez Brothers co-leader and trumpeter

The co-led album places Michael’s trumpet with Robert Rodriguez’s piano in the brothers’ established Latin-jazz project.[1]

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2013 · Criss Cross Jazz

Reverence

Leader, trumpeter, and composer

Rodriguez’s official biography identifies Reverence as his first solo recording under his own name.[1]

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2021 · Rodbros Music

Pathways

Quintet leader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer

Rodriguez leads John Ellis, Gary Versace, Joe Martin, and Obed Calvaire through originals and one standard in a dedicated quintet session.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Pathways on Bandcamp

Stream Rodriguez’s complete quintet album with first-party notes and personnel credits.

Official media archive

Watch leader and collaborative performances selected on Rodriguez’s artist site.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Sep 19, 7:00 PM

Michael Rodriguez

The Jazz Gallery · New York

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Sat, Sep 19, 9:00 PM

Michael Rodriguez

The Jazz Gallery · New York

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Evidence-Based Connections

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, projects, and recording history

    Michael Rodriguez

  2. [2] Pathways stream, notes, and personnel

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