Early life

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

Later life and career

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

Discography

As bandleader

• Concierto Negro (1987)
• Mi Gran Pasion (1987)
• Live in Havana (1989)
• Giraldilla (1990)
• Discovery: Live at Montreux (1990)
• The Blessing (1991)
• Images: Live at Mt. Fuji (1991)
• Suite 4 y 20 (1992)
• Rapsodia (1992)
• Imagine (1993)
• Diz (1993)
• Concatenacion (1995)
• Flying Colors (1997) with Joe Lovano
• Antiguo (1998)
• Inner Voyage (1999) with Michael Brecker
• Supernova (2001)
• Inicio (2001)
• Nocturne (2001) with Charlie Haden
• Paseo (2004)
• Land of the Sun (2004) with Charlie Haden
• Solo (2006)
• Avatar (2008)
• Fé (2010)
• XXI Century (2011)
• Volcan (2013)
• Live Faith (2014)
• Suite Caminos (2015)

As sideman

With Ignacio Berroa

• Codes

With Ron Carter

• Mr. Bow-tie

With Francisco Céspedes

• Con el Permiso de Bola

With Chick Corea

• Rendezvous in New York (Stretch, 2003)

With Al Di Meola

• Flesh on Flesh
• Pursuit of Radical Rapsody

With Richard Galliano

• Love Day

With Charlie Haden

• The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 )
• Nocturne (Verve, 2001)
• Land of the Sun (Verve, 2004)
• Tokyo Adagio (Impulse 2015)

With Katia Labèque

• Shape of My Heart

With Tony Martinez

• Habana Vive
• Mafarefun

With Pat Martino

• Think Tank

Cuba portal

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2000	Antiguo	Best Latin Jazz Album	Nominated
2002	Supernova	Best Latin Jazz Album	Nominated
2002	Nocturne (as producer)	Best Latin Jazz Album	Won
2002	"Oren"	Best Instrumental Composition	Nominated
2005	Land of the Sun (as producer)	Best Latin Jazz Album	Won

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	Supernova	Latin Jazz Album of the Year	Nominated
2007	Solo	Latin Jazz Album of the Year	Nominated

Latin Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	Supernova	Best Latin Jazz Album	Won
2005	Paseo	Best Instrumental Album	Nominated
2006	Solo	Best Latin Jazz Album	Won
2008	Avatar	Best Instrumental Album	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]