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When Cuban jazz musician Alfredo Rodríguez crossed the Mexican border into the United States in January of 2009, he had a pretty unusual reason for doing so: He was going to make music with Quincy Jones.
By Celia Almeida
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Before rejoining Miami New Times as culture editor in 2025, Celia Almeida freelanced for the paper starting in 2016, then came aboard as a staff editor in 2018. Beginning in late 2019, she served as digital editor for Ink. Her writing has been featured in Billboard, Consequence, Paper, and Rolling Stone, among other outlets.

celia.almeida@miaminewtimes.com

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