Rod Rodriguez

An obscure pianist, Rod Rodriguez produced his saving debut from 1929-30 simply because an ensemble player with Jelly Move Morton, playing piano while Morton directed his much larger (and frequently out-of-control) bands in information. Although Rodriguez could not become well-known, he used some notable music artists throughout his remarkably lengthy profession. He caused the big rings of Benny Carter (1932-33 including documenting with Spike Hughes), Don Redman (on / off from 1938-43) and Alberto Socarras (1939). Rodriguez used Skeets Tolbert (1943), followed vocalist Frances Brock on the Western tour (1945-46) and remained overseas for an interval, dealing with drummer Herbert Cowens. Although he mainly worked like a music instructor in the 1950s and ’60s, Rodriguez used Louis Armstrong (subbing for Billy Kyle) in 1961 and Doc Cheatham in the middle-60s.