Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is an Afro-Cuban jazz pianist and composer.

Early life

Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in Havana, Cuba 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 (Blue Note, 1990)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Montreux (Somethin' Else, 1990)

The Blessing (Blue Note, 1991)

Images (Blue Note, 1992)

At Montreux (Artex, 1993)

Suite 4 Y 20 (Blue Note, 1993)

Diz (Blue Note, 1993)

Rapsodia (Blue Note, 1994)

Imagine: Live in America (Blue Note, 1994)

Concatenacion (Egrem, 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)

Supernova (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 (Angel, 2005)

Solo (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)

Skyline with Ron Carter & Jack DeJohnette (5Passion, 2021)

As sideman

With Ignacio Berroa

Codes

With Ron Carter

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

Skyline (2021)

With Juan Luis Guerra

Bachata Rosa (Karen, 1990)

With Francisco Céspedes

Con el Permiso de Bola

With Chick Corea

Rendezvous in New York (Stretch, 2003)

With Dave Holland

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

With Al Di Meola

Flesh on Flesh

Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

With Richard Galliano

Love Day

With Charlie Haden

The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])

Nocturne (Verve, 2001)

Land of the Sun (Verve, 2004)

Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!, 2015) Live March, 2005 recording at The Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan

With Katia Labèque

Shape of My Heart

With Tony Martinez

Habana Vive

Mafarefun

With Pat Martino

Think Tank

With Strat Andriotis

Night Manager (2018) Song 21