New York, New York
68 Years Old

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"Saperoco Latin Jazz"

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, study music at his home town Bellas Artes academy and performed with his firts Rock and Roll band as a drumer before coming to the USA. After serving in the army during the Vietnam war in 1965 and returning in 1968, he continue his musical education at Queens Borough Community College and finish with a BA in music from QCC.

My first classical composition "Variations on a Fantasy" was presented and performed by the Cremona Strings Quartet at the Kurzweil Recital Hall at Queens Borough Community College on October 28, 1981. Shortly after his graduation from QCC. NandoRodz (Nando Rodriguez) formed his first Latin Orchestra "La Orquesta Tropical" and started performing all around New York, Brooklyn the Bronx, New Jersey, Queens, Jamaica,Yonkers, the entire metropolitan area of the Big Apple.

More information is available at my web site http://sites.google.com/site/ndrzmusinet/home, come visit and continue to enjoy the "Saperoco Latin Jazz Original Sounds" by the composer NandoRodz (Nando Rodriguez)

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

New Wave, Jazz, Instrumental

PUBLISHING COMPANY

NDRZmusicNetwork, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: NDRZmusicNetwork
Publishing: NDRZmusic
Label: NDRZmusicNetwork
Music Supervisor: Nando Rodriguez
Booking: (646)657-3510
Administrative: (646)657-3510

INSTRUMENTS

bongos / congas / drums / flute / guijo / keyboard / marimba / percussion / piano / vocals / xylophone

INFLUENCES

Classical, Mangulina, Pambiche, Marinera, Landu, Cumbia, Vallenato, Bachata, Son montuno, Afro-Cuban, Rumba Columbia, Guaguanco, Bomba and Plena, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Saperoco, Salsa, Rock, R & B's, Jazz Fussion.

DAY JOB

NDRZmusicNetwork

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
melody
music

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