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Instrument: Organ, Hammond B3
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Vanessa Rodrigues
Recently relocated to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vanessa Rodrigues is an accomplished pianist, music educator, and is also one of Canada’s most promising young jazz organists. Vanessa has shared the stage with acclaimed international artists such as Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Silveira, Peruvian bass virtuoso Oscar Stagnaro, saxophonist Ronnie Cuber and trumpeter Randy Brecker, and has studied under Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith and Colombian Salsa pianist Jaime Henao. She has performed across Canada, Europe and Brazil, and founded a popular yearly jazz organ jam session in Montreal, at which she counts organist Joey DeFrancesco and saxophonist Kenny Garrett among her guests. Vanessa has released 5 albums as a leader: Soul Project (2005); Gale/Rodrigues Group Live at the Rex (2007); Soul Food for Thought (2009); Buckaloose: the 270 Sessions (2010); and Buckaloose: Live at Upstairs (2013); and is the organist on Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Silveira's album "Organ tRio" (2013). She also wrote and published a popular method e-book, The Gringo's E-Guide to Salsa Piano (2014): www.vanessarodrigues.com/salsa-ebook
Buckaloose Live at Upstairs
Label: Independent
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. Mile End Stomp (Mike Rud)
2. Tastes Like Burning (Vanessa Rodrigues)
3. Barney Big Nuts (Davide DiRenzo)
4. Bits and Pieces (Chris Gale)
5. Statement (Chris Gale)
6. Tell Me About It (Vanessa Rodrigues)
7. Man Down (Chris Gale)
8. Man of the World (Mike Rud)
Vanessa Rodrigues - One-Eyed Monster
Featuring the music of Vanessa Rodrigues
Duration: 5:20
Buckaloose - The 270 Sessions
Label: Le Lab Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 1 Mile-End Stomp (Mike Rud)
2 Bits and Pieces (Chris Gale)
3 Barney Big-Nuts (Davide DiRenzo)
4 Man Down (Chris Gale)
5 Tell Me About It (Vanessa Rodrigues)
6 Man Of The World (Mike Rud)
7 Tastes Like Burning (Vanessa Rodrigues)
Soul Food for Thought
Label: Independent
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Funky Pickle
2. Chompy
3. What's In This?
4. Ode to Monsanto
5. Watermelon Man
6. Planted
7. Eater's Manifesto
8. Funky Pickle (Alternate Take)
Gale/Rodrigues Group Live at the Rex
Label: Independent
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1 – Full House (Wes Montgomery)
2 – Statement (Chris Gale)
3 – One-Eyed Monster (Vanessa Rodrigues)
4 – I90 (Chris Gale)
5 – You Don’t Know What Love Is (Raye/DePaul)
6 – Laurier Luxury Walk (Mike Rud)
7 – Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon/Henderson)
Soul Project
Label: Independent
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1 Marble Rye
2 Runnin' & Rippin' & Runnin'
3 One-Eyed Monster
4 The Red Dirt Jam
5 Be Careful What You Wish For
6 Bemsha Swing
7 Killa-Jewel in Da House
8 Bou-Ya
9 Supabad Stanley
10 Sconk
Vanessa Rodrigues: Soul Project
by John Kelman
One of the most pleasant surprises of the '04 Ottawa International Jazz Festival was organist Vanessa Rodrigues, who appeared as part of saxophonist Dave Turner's quartet . At a mere 26 years of age, she delivered accompaniment so empathic and solos so well constructed that the only disappointment was that her work had never been documented ...