New York, NY (Business Wire) 10 October 2010

Abraham “Abe” Rodriguez, Jr. is an experienced and versatile musician in New York City born. As a member of Grupo Folklorico Experimental and Nuevayorquino The Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble, Abe is a sought-after players of the New York Latin jazz scene. He’s on tour for over 20 years with artists such as Puntilla y Su Nueva Generación, Totico Y Su Rumberos, Celia Cruz, Kip Hanrahan (see a complete list below). He has recorded with Puntilla, Totico y Sus Rumberos on the single “What’s Your Name?” Daniel Ponce “Arawe, Kip Hanrahan, Kubat, and Los Afortunados. It is also the singer of international repute on CD Ray Santiago Pa ‘Nadie Me What olvides. “

Abe has aired on television was part of WXTV, and WNYE WNET New York. He played at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, New York Coliseum, The Blue Note, Smalls, Fat Cat, Pregones Theater, Lidia de Burgos Cultural Center, Sweet Rhythm, Aaron Davis Hall, Alvin Ailey Dance School, SOB, La Fonda Boricua, The Pyramid Club, Plan B, and Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe in the East Village and the Puerto Rican Parade and Cuba. Abe has also appeared at many colleges and universities, including Columbia University, Brown University School of Music in Berkeley, the University of Miami, CCNY, Nassau Community College, Hunter College and Brooklyn College.

many tours Abraham Rodriguez has played in Holland, Las Fiets Patron Puerto Rico, the Caribbean Music Festival in Columbia, Kansas City Ethnic Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Lincoln Center, outside Chicago Blues Festival, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Field Museum in Illinois. In Amsterdam Abe Future Paradise founded with Steve Sandburg, Ami Malina and Nivelton Butler. In the House of World Cultures, Abe, “New York went to Berlin in Berlin, Germany.

Abraham Rodriguez received his musical training at the School of Music in Berkeley and the University of Miami. He was a singer and drummer for the Afro-Caribbean Afortunados Ensemble and worked with Los Rios Orlando “Puntilla” and Roberto Borrell, who played an important role in the spread of Afro-Cuban music and dance. Los Afortunados made for theaters, schools, clubs and community centers throughout New York. He has also received government grants to study various Afro-Cuban folklore.


Mr. Rodriguez

knowledge and mastery of ritual and secular music of the Caribbean, and Du-Wop has sought him as one of the most sought after musicians in the Afro-Latin Jazz music scene. Abraham Rodriguez is known worldwide for his music in Spain, Switzerland, Cuba and Mexico. He also gives private lessons and teaches workshops on voice and percussion, including congas, bongos, Bata, Shekere, cymbals and other instruments.

Abe has recently played with Michele and New Yor-Uba Rose Woman. Abe Rodriguez present his group “Cachimba Inolvidable” out in New York.

Cachimba Inolvidable “is available at cdbaby.com, itunes.com and many other digital download sites and CD vendors. www.reliefrecordsnyc.com visit for more information.


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