The U.S. jazz audience discovered virtuosic pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba after bassist Charlie Haden heard him playing in Havana, Cuba.
Gonzalo Rubalcaba's neighborhood in the heart of Havana was filled with music and culture when he was growing up.
Other potential candidates include Mr Rubalcaba and Eduardo Madina, a 34-year-old rising star.
Mr. GONZALO RUBALCABA (Musician): It was very easy to see all kind of traditional Cuban representation (unintelligible) activities as something normal.
Mr. RUBALCABA: We're talking about the Cuban music influence, the classical training, the just improvisation, defined in some way my musical personality.
Mr. RUBALCABA: I think that a lot of things to do about those composers in terms of how to perform their music.
If 1993 Rubalcaba finally felt it was time to leave the island and says he worked out a deal with the Cuban authorities.
While the leader of Spain's main opposition party, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, has called for the prime minister to resign, as things stand that looks unlikely.
Mr. RUBALCABA: To play jazz music in Cuba between the '60s and the beginning of the '80s had meaning to be playing the music of the enemy.
People outside of Havana started to take notice of Rubalcaba.
Cuban-born Gonzalo Rubalcaba turns heads with his jazz piano playing.
Now, Rubalcaba has brought back those once forbidden sounds.
The leader of Spain's main opposition party, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, has called for the prime minister to resign, but the BBC's Tom Burridge in Madrid says that as things stand, that looks unlikely.
Mr. RUBALCABA: It was a great moment because the Cuban authorities, they had to play the game, which is give the image to the people that they were open to support their talent people, young people.
In a set filled with angular, thoroughly modern originals, the supergroup of bassist Dave Holland, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Eric Harland kicked off the Saturday program at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Mr. RUBALCABA: So we couldn't play that music at the school, but (unintelligible) that soon as the moment that we finish our work activities at the school everyday, we'd be playing a different music from somewhere around the city.
Mr. RUBALCABA: They were very serious about make us learn about the European heritage, the European musical tradition, the whole history, the Renaissance, Baroque, romantic Impressionists, Expressionists, the contemporary composers, but nothing about Cuban composers, even classical Cuban composers.
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