Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is an

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pianist and composer.

Early life

Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, just as did his father Guillermo Rubalcaba (born Guillermo González Camejo) and his grandfather Jacobo Rubalcaba (born Jacobo González Rubalcaba).

Later life and career

With Orquesta Aragón, Rubalcaba toured France and Africa in 1983. He formed his own Grupo Projecto in 1985.

Discography

As leader

* ''Mi Gran Pasion'' (Connector/Timba, 1987) * ''Live in Havana'' (Pimienta, 1989) * ''Giraldilla'' (Pimienta, 1990) * ''Discovery: Live at Montreux'' (

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, 1990) * ''Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Montreux'' (Somethin' Else, 1990) * ''The Blessing'' (Blue Note, 1991) * ''Images'' (Blue Note, 1992) * ''At Montreux'' (

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, 1993) * ''Suite 4 Y 20'' (Blue Note, 1993) * ''Diz'' (Blue Note, 1993) * ''Rapsodia'' (Blue Note, 1994) * ''Imagine: Live in America'' (Blue Note, 1994) * ''Concatenacion'' (

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, 1995) * ''Concierto Negro'' (Egrem, 1995) * ''Flying Colors'' (Blue Note, 1997) * ''Romantic'' (EMI, 1998) * ''Gonzalo Rubalcaba'' (Max, 1998) * ''Antiguo'' (Blue Note, 1998) * ''Inner Voyage'' (Blue Note/EMI, 1999) * ''Inicio'' (Egrem, 2001) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 2001) * ''Straight Ahead'' (Yemaya, 2003) * ''Soneros de Verdad Present Rubalcaba Pasado y Presente'' (Universal Music Latino/Pimienta, 2003) * ''Paseo'' (Blue Note, 2004) * ''The Trio'' (

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, 2005) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 2005) * ''Avatar'' (Angel, 2008) * ''Faith'' (5Passion, 2010) * ''XXI Century'' (5Passion, 2011) * ''Live Faith'' (5Passion, 2014) * '' Suite Caminos'' (5Passion, 2015) * '' Tokyo Adagio'' with Charlie Haden ( Impulse!, 2015) * ''Charlie'' (5Passion, 2015) * ' with

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(5Passion, 2021)

As sideman

With

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* ''Codes'' (Blue Note, 2006) With

* '' Mr. Bow-tie'' (Somethin' Else, 1995) With

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'' (Karen, 1990) With

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* ''Con el Permiso de Bola'' (Warner Music Mexico, 2006) With

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* ''

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* ''The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival'' (Monterey Jazz Festival Records, 2009) With

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* '' Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody'' (Concord, 2011) * '' Flesh on Flesh'' (Telarc, 2022) With

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* ''Love Day'' (Milan, 2008) With

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* '' The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian'' (Verve, 1997) – rec.1989 * '' Nocturne'' (Verve, 2001) * '' Land of the Sun'' (Verve, 2004) – recorded in 2003 * '' Tokyo Adagio'' (Impulse!, 2015) – live recorded in 2005 at The Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan With Katia Labèque * ''Shape of My Heart'' With Tony Martinez * ''Habana Vive'' * ''Mafarefun'' With

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* ''

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'' With Strat Andriotis * ''Night Manager'' (2018) ''Song 21''

Awards

Grammy Awards

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, ''Rapsodia'' , Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group , , - ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, "Agua de Beber" ,

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, scope="row", ''Antiguo'' , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - , scope="row",

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, scope="row", ''

'' , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - , scope="row",

, scope="row", '' Nocturne'' (as producer) , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - , scope="row",

, scope="row", "Oren" , scope="row",

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, scope="row", '' Land of the Sun'' (as producer) , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

, '' Suite Caminos'' , Best Latin Jazz Album , , - ,

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, ''Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo'' , Best Latin Jazz Album , , - ,

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, ''Skyline'' , Best Jazz Instrumental Album ,

Billboard Music Awards

, - , scope="row",

, scope="row", ''

'' , scope="row", Latin Jazz Album of the Year , , - , scope="row",

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

, scope="row", ''

'' , scope="row", Latin Jazz Album of the Year , , -

Latin Grammy Awards

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, scope="row", ''

'' , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - , scope="row",

, scope="row", ''Paseo'' , scope="row", Best Instrumental Album , , - , scope="row",

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

, scope="row", ''

'' , scope="row", Best Latin Jazz Album , , - , scope="row",

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, scope="row", ''Avatar'' , scope="row", Best Instrumental Album , , -

References

External links

Official website
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