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Released: Sep 4, 2008
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  • Genre: Jazz / Latin

    Location North Bergen, New Jersey, US

    Profile Views: 33152

    Last Login: 11/18/2009

    Member Since 3/19/2006

    Website www.petestrumpet.com

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    Trumpeter, vocalist, percussionist and composer, Pete Rodriguez began his musical career at the age of 11, studying at the renowned Escuela Libre de Musica in Puerto Rico. Following high school graduation, Pete was offered full scholarships to both Rice University and the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. Rutgers University awarded him the prestigious Ralph J. Bunche Fellowship to pursue his graduate studies and he is now finishing his DMA in jazz performance at the University of Texas at Austin. More important than Petes formal education is his musical experience playing with some of the best musicians in the world. Pete has performed with many of Latin musics luminaries, such as Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, La India and Tito Puente, including singing on Puentes Grammy and Latin Grammy winning album, Mambo Birdland. Pete is the son of Pete El Conde Rodriguez, a music legend in the Latin music world who gave Lil Pete the responsibility of directing El Condes 12-piece orchestra while also playing the trumpet and singing. While excelling in the Latin field, Pete was also following his love for jazz, leading him down a path that allowed him to perform with such high profile bandleaders as Eddie Palmieri, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chico OFarrell, and Carlos Patato Valdez. In 2004, he toured internationally with the legendary, Grammy-winning, Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader Bebo Valdez. In 2006, Pete released his debut CD, Mind Trip. Although Pete has been on many recordings as a sideman, this is his first recording with his own jazz group, where he enjoys the opportunity to play his original compositions. Mind Trip has received excellent reviews, garnering the attention of, among others, jazz great Kenny Barron, who says the following about Petes playing and compositions on Mind Trip: He possesses a full rich sound on both trumpet and flugelhorn and his technique is incredible. [But] it is as a composer that his development is even more amazing. The melodies he writes are full of complex and quirky rhythms, making unusual dips and turns. Each of the original compositions, of which there are eight, on this CD is a unique entity unto itself, full of surprises and strange twists and turns. However, one can be assured that Mr. Rodriguez does have a full grasp of the history of the jazz tradition. One need only listen to his reading of Mal Waldrons beautiful ballad Soul Eyes, or Herbie Hancocks tone poem, Dolphin Dance, to hear his respect and love for tradition. I, for one, look forward to many more musical statements from this evolving young artist.

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  • Influences

    ..My Father, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez.... Fredie Hubbard.. Clifford Brown.. Miles Davis.. Booker Little.. Juancito Torres.. Thelonious Monk.. Woody Shaw.. John Coltrane.. Eddie Palmieri.. ... and the list goes on and on ...

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  • Richard Harris


    Faith, Hope and Love together can raise POSITIVE KIDS
    in a NEGATIVE WORLD Pete!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT A SPECIAL MESSAGE ...

    I have just returned from Michigan, where I recorded

    my BRAND NEW CD  "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE

    OF A CHILD".  I believe it is the very best music that I

    and the band have ever recorded!  Watch for it later

    this fall @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Pete!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ... 

    “Never underestimate the POWER OF DREAMS and the influence of the HUMAN SPIRIT. We are all the same in this notion: The POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS lives within each of us.”

     ~ Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Champion

    Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings;  Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at age 4.  She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot (which had become twisted as a result) until she was 9.

    Wilma Rudolph was considered the FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.

    In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 GOLD MEDALS in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Children are the hands we take hold of Heaven with Pete!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN ...

    "Whatever they grow up to be,

    they are still OUR CHILDREN, and the one most important

    of all the things we can give to them is UNCONDITIONAL

    LOVE.  Not a love that depends on ANYTHING AT ALL

    except that they are OUR CHILDREN.”

    ~ Rosaleen Dickson

    CHILDREN ARE THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE

    RESOURCE AND ITS BEST HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!

    LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONALLY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Uncle Sam wants YOU Pete!
     

    TO BE ENERGETIC AND ENTHUSIASTIC!

    I AM RECORDING A BRAND NEW CD THIS SUMMER! WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT ENTHUSIASM ...

    "NOTHING GREAT

    was EVER ACHIEVED

    without ENTHUSIASM."

     ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

    IT'S FAITH IN SOMETHING AND ENTHUSIASM FOR

    SOMETHING THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING!

    GET FIRED UP!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Art Lip (Fusion)

    Thank you for your friendship!              
    Maybe you also find 1 minute to support an Independent and click the "Like" on my facebook page?           
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    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Pete!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MOTHERS ...

    "MOTHERS hold their children's HANDS

    for a SHORT WHILE,

    but their HEARTS FOREVER."

    HAVE AN AWESOME MOTHER'S DAY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Happy Easter Pete!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT EASTER ...

    "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him."

    ~ John 3:16-17

    And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him."

    ~ Mark 16:6

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Be CHARITABLE Pete!

     

    (Richard is a patient with Primary Systemic Amyloidosis)

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT CHARITY ...

    "The best thing to give to your ENEMY is FORGIVENESS;

    to an OPPONENT, TOLERANCE; to a FRIEND, your HEART;

    to your CHILD, a GOOD EXAMPLE; to a FATHER,

    DEFERENCE; to your MOTHER, conduct that will MAKE HER

    PROUD of you; to YOURSELF, RESPECT; to ALL MEN,

    CHARITY."
      
    ~ Francis Maitland Balfour

    CHARITY SEES THE NEED NOT THE CAUSE!  NO ACT OF

    KINDNESS, HOWEVER SMALL, IS EVER FORGOTTEN!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Believe in the POWER OF YOUR DREAMS Pete!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE POWER OF DREAMS ...

    "Every GREAT DREAM begins with a DREAMER.

    Always remember, you have within you the STRENGTH,

    the PATIENCE, and the PASSION to REACH FOR THE

    STARS to CHANGE THE WORLD."

    ~ Harriet Tubman

    GO CONFIDENTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS.

    LIVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE IMAGINED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Thanks for your FRIENDSHIP Pete!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY ...

    "Out of CLUTTER, find SIMPLICITY.

    From DISCHORD, find HARMONY.

    In the middle of DIFFICULTY lies OPPORTUNITY."

    ~ Albert Einstein

    EVEN WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ~ YOU STILL HAVE

    TO GET UP OFF YOUR BUTT AND OPEN THE DOOR!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    1 year ago
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