Gerardo Enrique Rodríguez is a Cuban-American musician, record producer and sound engineer, known for his work as a trumpeter for artists like

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...

, Thalía, Maluma, Ricardo Arjona, Tito Nieves, Aymée Nuviola, Prince Royce, Camila Cabello and Ricardo Montaner, among others. For his work in the music industry, Rodríguez has garnered Latin Grammy nominations.

Biography

Beginnings and career

Born in Cuba, the beginnings of his artistic career took place mainly in Miami, United States. As lead trumpet player, he has participated in records of salsa musicians like Oscar d'León,

, Tito Nieves, La India, Richie Ray, Víctor Manuelle, Rey Ruiz and Aymée Nuviola, as with artists of other genres like Maluma, Prince Royce, Ricardo Arjona, Thalía and Ricardo Montaner. He has also performed live in Europe and America, and has played at

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in New York City on two occasions, with Montaner and Marc Anthony.

Latin Grammy Award Nominations and present day

In 2016, Rodríguez joined Marc Anthony's band as a musician. Two years later he participated as a trumpeter in the album ''Como anillo al dedo'' by Aymée Nuviola, which achieved a nomination for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of best tropical fusion album. Also in 2018 he was invited by Cuban musician and composer Chucho Valdés to play lead trumpet in the jazz supergroup Irakere during a long world tour. In 2019, Rodríguez participated in the recording of Marc Anthony's album '' Opus'', and three years later he achieved a new nomination to the Latin Grammy Awards in his role as producer and sound engineer in the category of

album of the year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

for his work in ''

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'', by the American singer. During a presentation of the tour of this album in the city of

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, Rodríguez played with his trumpet the Anthem of Cuba as a tribute to his native country. In 2022 he shared the stage with singer Camila Cabello as lead trumpet player during a performance of the artist during

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in Miami, and in November of the same year he premiered in YouTube the instrumental song "Mary Did You Know", accompanied by a gospel choir and a

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. Other notable albums in which he has participated as a musician or producer since the 2010s include Tony Succar ''Más de mí'', Prince Royce '' Five'' and Ricardo Arjona ''

Circo soledad Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

''. Based in Miami, Rodriguez has also recorded television appearances at events such as the

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, Premios Lo Nuestro and Latin Grammy Awards, among others. Musical company Victory Musical Instruments designed a special edition trumpet in honor of the musician, known as the "Trumpet of Jesus".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Gerardo Living people Cuban trumpeters Cuban songwriters Cuban jazz trumpeters American trumpeters American male songwriters American jazz trumpeters Year of birth missing (living people)