Michael Ambrosino presents: Dialogs - Pete Rodríguez

Michael Ambrosino continues his series of conversations with contemporary artists.

With a lifetime on and around stages all over the world, trumpeter, vocalist and percussionist Pete Rodríguez has a personal relationship with the term “living legend.” His father was one. For 30 years the famed sonero (vocalist) Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez perfected his fiery, elegant, and intensely personal voice on stages all over the world as part of the Fania All-Stars that helped propel salsa as an international phenomenon.

Classically trained, having played with the Symphony of Puerto Rico as part of his early musical training, Rodríguez became his father’s musical director as a teenager before eventually discovering Jazz. Rodríguez’s career has been built upon a prolific list of musical associations including legends like Tito Puente, Oscar Hernandez, Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Chico O’Farrill and Bebo Valdez.