Photo Credit: East of Eden Band album cover courtesy of Hedwig Gorski
Bassist Horacio Rodriguez arrived in Austin, TX from Buenos Aires, Argentina with jazz pianist Angel Sucheras during the late 1970′s to perform at new jazz club in town, McKendricks Treehouse. After the club closed, Rodriquez remained in the city and continued his music career with bands including The Austin Jazz Allstars and East of Eden, as well as jazz greats Oscar Peterson, Cootie Williams, and Paul Gonsalves. He was also recognized as one of Austin’s best bass players in the 1981 and 1985 editions of the Austin Chronicle’s music poll. After spending several decades in Austin, Rodriguez moved to New York City in 2005. He later returned to his homeland of Buenos Aires, Argentina where he passed away from a sudden illness.
A tribute site devoted to Horacio can be found at: www.rememberinghoracio.blogspot.com
Horacio’s contributions to the Austin jazz community will be recognized during the Austin Jazz Society’s 2009 Tribute event to be held at the Elephant Room on February 15, 2008.
The clip below is a rare recording from KUT-FM studio 1-A of Number 2 with Marbles Pt. I – Roomful of People featuring Horacio Rodriquez on bass along with Bill Averbach (trumpet), Alex Coke (tenor sax), Steve Feld (trombone), D’Jalma Garnier (acoustic guitar), Bart Madeley (acoustic guitar), Robert Atwood (acoustic guitar) Jeff Johnson (bass), Steve Schwelling (drums), Rock Savage (drums), and Booka Michel (percussion).
