(RED BANK, NJ) —- Triumph Brewery and Restaurant hosts the Pete Rodríguez Quintet on Friday, January 10, 2025 with sets at 8:30pm and 10:15pm. It is the New Jersey release of Rodríguez's dynamic new album, "I'm Pete Rodríguez, Vol. 1" which was recently named one of the Best of 2024 by the New York City Jazz Record. The powerhouse band will feature Rodríguez on trumpet, Jon Beshay on woodwinds, Silvano Monasterios on piano and Rudy Royston on drums.
Rodríguez, son of renowned salsero Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez and godson of Fania Records bandleader Johnny Pacheco has been featured in the New York Times, Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, Latin Jazz Network and more.
As a bandleader, Rodriguez has drawn on his diverse upbringing—including growing up surrounded by the greatest names in Latin music, living through the birth of Hip Hop in the Bronx, and becoming an accomplished classical trumpeter during his adolescence in Puerto Rico—to create his own brand of jazz that defies categorization. The result is music that has been described as “not only instrumentally ferocious, but texturally rich and at times, profoundly intimate.” (Downbeat).
His music demonstrates his aptitude for hard-driving, modern post-bop jazz, as much as melodic Latin variants and R&B-tinged grooves. The two sets of exciting original music from Rodríguez’s new album will not disappoint!
Triumph Brewery and Restaurant is located at 1 Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, New Jersey.
