Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in Havana, Cuba into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, just as did his father Guillermo Rubalcaba (born Guillermo González Camejo) and his grandfather Jacobo Rubalcaba (born Jacobo González Rubalcaba).

With Orquesta Aragón, Rubalcaba toured France and Africa in 1983. He formed his own Grupo Projecto in 1985.

As leader/co-leader

• Mi Gran Pasion (Connector/Timba, 1987)
• Live in Havana (Pimienta, 1989)
• Giraldilla (Pimienta, 1990)
• Discovery: Live at Montreux (Blue Note, 1990)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Montreux (Somethin' Else, 1990)
• The Blessing (Blue Note, 1991)
• Images (Blue Note, 1992)
• At Montreux (Artex, 1993)
• Suite 4 Y 20 (Blue Note, 1993)
• Diz (Blue Note, 1993)
• Rapsodia (Blue Note, 1994)
• Imagine: Live in America (Blue Note, 1994)
• Concatenacion (Egrem, 1995)
• Concierto Negro (Egrem, 1995)
• Flying Colors (Blue Note, 1997)
• Romantic (EMI, 1998)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Max, 1998)
• Antiguo (Blue Note, 1998)
• Inner Voyage (Blue Note/EMI, 1999)
• Inicio (Egrem, 2001)
• Supernova (Blue Note, 2001)
• Straight Ahead (Yemaya, 2003)
• Soneros de Verdad Present Rubalcaba Pasado y Presente (Universal Music Latino/Pimienta, 2003)
• Paseo (Blue Note, 2004)
• The Trio (Angel, 2005)
• Solo (Blue Note, 2005)
• Avatar (Angel, 2008)
• Faith (5Passion, 2010)
• XXI Century (5Passion, 2011)
• Live Faith (5Passion, 2014)
• Suite Caminos (5Passion, 2015)
• Tokyo Adagio with Charlie Haden (Impulse!, 2015) – recorded in 2005
• Charlie (5Passion, 2015)
• Skyline with Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette (5Passion, 2021)
• Pédron Rubalcaba with Pierrick Pédron (mars 2023)
• Borrowed Roses (Top Stop, 2023)

As sideman

With Ignacio Berroa

• Codes (Blue Note, 2006)

With Ron Carter

• Mr. Bow-tie (Somethin' Else, 1995)

With Juan Luis Guerra

• Bachata Rosa (Karen, 1990)

With Francisco Céspedes

• Con el Permiso de Bola (Warner Music Mexico, 2006)

With Chick Corea

• Rendezvous in New York (Stretch, 2003)

With Dave Holland

• The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival, 2009)

With Al Di Meola

• Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody (Concord, 2011)
• Flesh on Flesh (Telarc, 2022)

With Richard Galliano

• Love Day (Milan, 2008)

With Charlie Haden

• 1989: The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1997)
• 2000: Nocturne (Verve, 2001)
• 2003: Land of the Sun (Verve, 2004)
• 2005: Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!, 2015) – live at The Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan

With Katia Labèque

• Shape of My Heart (KML, 2009)

With Tony Martinez

• Habana Vive
• Mafarefun

With Pat Martino

• Think Tank

With Strat Andriotis

• Night Manager (2018) Song 21

Grammy Awards

Billboard Music Awards

Latin Grammy Awards