Claudio Roditi


Claudio Roditi was a Brazilian jazz trumpeter. In 1966 Claudio was named a trumpet finalist at the International Jazz Competition in Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna, Roditi met Art Farmer, one of his idols, and the friendship inspired the younger trumpeter to follow a career in jazz.
Roditi came to the United States in 1970 to study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. In 1976 he moved to New York City, where he played with Herbie Mann and Charlie Rouse. In the 1980s he worked with Paquito D'Rivera. He was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra.
Roditi received a 52nd Annual Grammy Awards nomination in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Brazillance X 4. He was also the featured soloist on Atras Da Porta from Symphonic Bossa Nova, for which Jorge Calandrelli received an arranger nomination at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards.
His first album as a leader, Red On Red was released in 1984 on Creed Taylor's Greene Street label, an imprint of CTI Records.
Roditi often performed on the rotary valve trumpet. He died of cancer in 2020 at the age of 73.

Discography

As leader

  • Red on Red
  • Claudio!
  • Gemini Man
  • Slow Fire
  • Two of Swords
  • Milestones
  • Day Waves
  • Jazz Turns Samba
  • Free Wheelin
  • Samba Manhattan Style
  • Mind Games – Live
  • Claudio, Rio & Friends
  • Claudio Roditi and the Metropole Orchestra
  • Double Standards
  • Light in the Dark
  • Impressions
  • Brazilliance
  • Simpatico
  • Bons Amigos
With Klaus Ignatzek, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse
  • Three for One
  • Light in the Dark
  • Smile
  • Reflections
  • Beyond Question
  • ''For a Long Time''

    As sideman

With Greg Abate
  • Straight Ahead
  • Bop Lives!
  • Horace Is Here
With Michael Carvin
  • First Time
  • Between Me and You
  • Each One Teach One
With Chris Connor
  • Classic
  • New Again
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Klaus Ignatzek
  • Don't Stop It!
  • Jacaranda
  • New Surprise
  • Eight Languages
  • The Answer!
  • Silent Horns
  • Live
  • African Flower
  • Today Is Tomorrow
With Herbie Mann
  • Sunbelt
  • Mellow
  • Jasil Brazz
  • 65th Birthday Celebration
With Mark Murphy
With Paquito D'Rivera
  • Live at Keystone Korner
  • Why Not!
  • Explosion
  • Manhattan Burn
  • Celebration
  • Return to Ipanema
  • Who's Smoking?!
  • La Habana-Rio-Conexion
  • A Night in Englewood
  • Brazilian Dreams
With Charlie Rouse
  • Cinnamon Flower
  • Soul Mates
With David Schnitter
  • Goliath
  • Glowing
With McCoy Tyner
  • Double Exposure
  • Blue Bossa
  • Autumn Mood
  • McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars
  • Afro Blue
With others