Trumpeter Claudio Roditi may have left Brazil long ago, but his homeland still resides deep inside his soul. On Bons Amigos, Roditi's trumpet speaks, sings and soars in service of songs put to paper ...

This Brazilian composer/arranger and trumpet artist has fourteen critically acclaimed albums, a Grammy nomination, and a busy international touring schedule that includes the most prestigious jazz ...

The Brazilian-born Mr. Roditi fused in his playing the gentle lilt of samba with the drive of the post-bop trumpet tradition. By Peter Keepnews Claudio Roditi, a Brazilian-born jazz trumpeter ...

The versatile trumpeter made his way from Brazil to the New York jazz scene in the 1970s. Hear him perform with host Marian McPartland in this... Claudio Roditi On Piano Jazz Integrating both post-bop ...

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The music of Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi addresses the audience gently, like a warm breeze wafting onto a white sandy beach. Yet Roditi’s playing also bristles with ideas, has improvisations ...

It’s difficult to imagine how trumpeter Claudio Roditi could have played much more poetically than he did Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase. Though Roditi has been a regular visitor to Chicago for ...

Rio-born trumpeter Roditi's main employers have been Paquito d'Rivera and Dizzy Gillespie, and he favours a luxuriously rounded tone and the graceful, unhurried delivery of a repertoire of postbop and ...

A LINE-UP of trumpet, piano and bass offers opportunities for uncluttered interplay and Roditi's trio exploit the potential to the full here. Ten of the 13 compositions are by pianist Klaus Ignatzek ...

In 1970 he began studying the instrument at Boston’s Berklee School of Music, where he gave himself extra homework, often consisting of intense renditions of Lee Morgan records. Since childhood, ...

Integrating both post-bop elements and Brazilian rhythmic concepts into his palette with ease, Claudio Roditi plays with power and lyricism. This versatility has kept the trumpeter and flugelhorn ...