Mike Rodriguez
Category: Music
Date and Time
- Saturday, Sep 26, 2026 7:30pm
Location
Attucks Theatre
1010 Church St
Details
Michael Rodriguez is a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer who has performed and recorded with some of the most influential names in jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Quincy Jones, Joe Lovano, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. A member of the internationally acclaimed SFJAZZ Collective, Rodriguez previously toured with Chick Corea’s Spanish Heart Band, whose album Antidote won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. He has released two albums as a leader and five albums with his brother, pianist Robert Rodriguez, including the Grammy-nominated Impromptu. Rodriguez is also a faculty member at New York University and the Juilliard Jazz program and an internationally sought-after clinician.
About Attucks Jazz Club
The region’s destination for jazz, the Attucks Jazz Club transforms the historic Attucks Theatre’s top-floor ballroom into an intimate, neon-lit haven for live music. With open cabaret table seating, a club bar and every seat just steps from the stage, audiences experience the music up close and personal. Featuring an impressive roster of jazz artists from around the country, the Attucks Jazz Club monthly series delivers the energy of a true jazz club, the way it was meant to be heard. Presented by Virginia Arts Festival and SevenVenues.
Curated by acclaimed jazz pianist John Toomey, the Attucks Jazz Club series brings some of the most exciting players in jazz to Norfolk. A favorite among local jazz fans, Toomey is a dazzling pianist and is joined by accomplished jazz bassist Jimmy Masters at each performance. Toomey’s namesake trio plays with each featured guest artist on the Attucks Jazz Club stage.
