Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Rubalcaba at theMiami International Film Festival in 2015
Background information
Born	(1963-05-27)May 27, 1963 (age 61) Havana, Cuba
Genres	Jazz,Latin jazz,Afro-Cuban jazz,jazz fusion,classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1983–present
Labels	5passion.com
Website	gonzalorubalcaba.com

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is aCuban jazz pianist and composer.^[1][2]

Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca inHavana, Cuba into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, just as did his fatherGuillermo Rubalcaba (born Guillermo González Camejo) and his grandfatherJacobo Rubalcaba (born Jacobo González Rubalcaba).^[3]

WithOrquesta Aragón, Rubalcaba toured France and Africa in 1983. He formed his own Grupo Projecto in 1985.^[1]

• 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 withCharlie Haden (Impulse!, 2015) – recorded in 2005
• Charlie (5Passion, 2015)^[4]
• Skyline withRon Carter,Jack DeJohnette (5Passion, 2021)^[5]
• Pédron Rubalcaba withPierrick Pédron (mars 2023)
• Borrowed Roses (Top Stop, 2023)^[6]

WithIgnacio Berroa

• Codes (Blue Note, 2006)

WithRon Carter

• Mr. Bow-tie (Somethin' Else, 1995)

WithJuan Luis Guerra

• Bachata Rosa (Karen, 1990)

WithFrancisco Céspedes

• Con el Permiso de Bola (Warner Music Mexico, 2006)

WithChick Corea

• Rendezvous in New York (Stretch, 2003)

WithDave Holland

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

WithAl Di Meola

• Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody (Concord, 2011)
• Flesh on Flesh (Telarc, 2022)

WithRichard Galliano

• Love Day (Milan, 2008)

WithCharlie Haden

• 1989:The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1997)
• 2000:Nocturne (Verve, 2001)
• 2003:Land of the Sun (Verve, 2004)
• 2005:Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!, 2015) – live at The Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan

WithKatia Labèque

• Shape of My Heart (KML, 2009)

WithTony Martinez

• Habana Vive
• Mafarefun

WithPat Martino

• Think Tank

With Strat Andriotis

• Night Manager (2018)Song 21

• Official website

• Afro-Cuban jazz pianists
• Post-bop pianists
• Latin jazz pianists
• Cuban jazz pianists
• 1963 births
• Living people
• Musicians from Havana
• Grammy Award winners
• 21st-century Cuban pianists

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