Sam Rodriguez

11.24.06 | Update
Hi everybody. I hope you had great Thanksgiving. Check out my new design web site, which is still under constructions.
I will be playing with my quartet at the Brick Restaurant Friday Dec.8 and Dec. 29 in Jacksonville, FL.
I've had a few really crazy days lately but it's been a lot of fun. A quick trip to Chicago to play percussion with Aretha Franklin at the House of Blues
I played with the great Marcus Printup at the Amelia Island Jazz Festival and that was amazing. I got to hang with my friend Poncho Sanchez, his band sound great. I’ve been recording with some good friend and great bass player Phil Morrison and on piano Keith Williams We recorded some really nice tunes that Keith wrote it came out pretty good.
Also in that recording playing is the great guitar player Barry Greene. I’ve also been doing some private lessons and clinic at UNF. I had great drum lesson with Danny Gottlieb a great drummer. I am playing drum and percussion on Denny LeRoux latest release. I just got a new drum endorsement, I am now playing Tamburo drum handicraft by Tullio Granatello out of Italy. I plan on doing some clinic, workshop with Tamburo. Coming up is a trip to Chicago, LA for the NAMM show. And as always I’m doing some studio work, gigging around town with my band, James Hogan, Teddy Washington, Denny LeRoux and KTG. Thank you to my sponsors Paiste Cymbal, Vic Firth stick, Mike Balter Mallets, Rhythm Tech and Tamburo drum