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Montreal Gazette, June 30, 2005

Up-and-comer gets her ticket to glory

by Bill Brownstein

First human: "When I grow up, I want to be a jazz musician."
Second human: "You can't be both."....read the article>>

 
 

Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2005

Rodrigues can't get enough of B-3 sound : Edmonton expat serves up 'funky-flavoured jazz' by Roger Levesque

On these pages and elsewhere, you may have learned about a revival of the Hammond B-3 organ sound in jazz...Consider Vanessa Rodrigues, 26, an Edmonton-born musician who's been living in Montreal for nearly a decade....read the article>>

 
 

SEE Magazine, June 9 – 15, 2005

Vanessa Rodrigues on the Joys of the B-3 — by Fritz François

It didn't take long for Vanessa Rodrigues to know that she had found the instrument of her dreams. In fact, it basically only took one note...read the article>>

 
 

All About Jazz website, February 2005

Soul Project — CD Review by John Kelman

With Soul Project Rodrigues steps out with infectious grooves and outstanding playing, paying homage to the established organ trio tradition while remaining completely modern...read the review>>

 
 

Mirror, Montreal February 3 - 9, 2005

The ones and twos, the blacks and whites
>> Vanessa Rodrigues's Soul Project delivers
organ-trio jazz-funk with scratches attached

Montreal musician Vanessa Rodrigues talks about the Hammond B3 organ the way some people talk about their pets. "I guess I could say that I didn't choose it," she says. "It chose me"...more>>

     
 

Gazette, Montreal Wednesday, July 7, 2004

HOT NIGHT It's her transcendent glow you notice first. Vanessa Rodrigues looks like she's going through the ultimate religious experience. And she probably is.
It's 2 in the morning. The Vanessa Rodrigues Trio is playing some awfully hot jazz on an even hotter summer night...more>>

     
 

All About Jazz website, June 25, 2004 6:30PM
Dave Turner Quartet: Confederation Park
Vanessa Rodrigues performed with the Dave Turner Quartet at the 2004 Ottawa Jazz Festival.
Read what John Kelman wrote about the performance in the All About Jazz website...read the review>>

     
 

Oplandsavisen, Onsdag den 10 marts 2004
Hammondorgel i jazzens tegn
HJØRRING: Hvis man er til jazzet Hammondorgel, så har Nordjysk Jazz Selskab et godt tilbud fredag 12.marts.
På Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum er der koncert med jazzorganisten Vanessa rodrigues Funk Unit....more>>

     
 

Oplandsavisen, Tirsdag den 9 marts 2004

Koncert med Vanessa Rodrigues Vanessa Rodrigues giver onsdag aften koncert på Brønderslev Bibliotek i Brønderslev.
Vanessa Rodrigues, der har portugugisiske og ukrainske rødder, er fra Edmonton i Canada, og hun blev uddannet som jazzpianist på McGill University i Montreal....more>>

     
 

Bitácora 17 de Septiembre de 2003

Alturas aristogáticas: El Festival de Jazz de Montreal...Uno de los más interesantes fue el Vanessa Rodrigues Soul Project, una banda de jazz, blues y soul que antes se llamaba Project XX ...more>>

     
 

The Gazette, Montreal Friday, April 25, 2003

Sax Player lends weight to local trio Ronnie Cuber, a powerful baritone sax player,... is in town this weekend to add his big sound to a local trio that's starting to make waves...more>>

     
 

Gazette, Montreal Friday, April 25, 2003

OPINION ON CITY RIVALRY It wasn't a fear of SARS that compelled Edmonton native Vanessa Rodrigues to leapfrog Toronto and decide to settle in Montreal instead...more>>

     
 

Montreal Mirror April 24 - April 30, 2003

THE VERY BARI CUBER GROOVE Years of jumping genres...has have earned New York's Ronnie Cuber and his baritone sax a stellar rep. See the man in action when he joins the Vanessa Rodrigues Trio...more>>

     
 

La Presse, Montréal Dimanche 7 juillet 2002

En terminant ce magnifique festival, qu'il me soit permis quelques mentions (plus ou moins) honorables et tout à fait personnelles. more>>

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