ROLAND VAZQUEZ:

Composer, Drummer, & Clinician, Afro Latin Chamber Jazz.

Introducing the music of composer/drummer/clinician Roland Vazquez. Here are site pages representing 30+ years of his recordings (including listen-able examples, artist comments, & critic quotes) from the "funky Salsa Bebop" of Best of the LA Jazz Ensemble (1977) - up through the Afro Latin chamber Jazz of Further Dance and Quintet Live (2007); free down-loadable score samples; and a frequently updated calendar of recent and upcoming events.

CDs are available at CD Baby, Digital Downloads at iTunes.

****½ "The star of The Visitor is Vazquez's luminous, precise writing, with an intriguing rhythm section of first-class NYC-based players that effectively functions as an orchestra within the orchestra, playing from written-out parts." -- Downbeat
(read review here)

"With The Visitor, drummer Roland Vazquez joins the ranks of Maria Schneider and Darcy James Argue as a visionary composer of contemporary big-band jazz." -- Jazz Times
(read review here)

"The charts merge rhythmic intensity, contrasting layers of harmonically dense brass and reed voicings, and impassioned soloing into a majestic whole." --Jazziz
(read review here)

RVCD & Roland Music are pleased to announce the completion of the recording Roland Vazquez Band "The Visitor" (RVD7007): including the composer's works Urantia, Whirlpool, Thru a Window, The Path of Change, Sevilla, & The Visitor - as well as Guarabé (by his inspirational mentor Clare Fischer). The Roland Vazquez Band is a 19 piece all-star ensemble ...
(read more here)

You can contact us at
romu@rolandvazquez.com