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iTunes Customer Review, April 2008

Vanessa Rodrigues Soul Project - A great debut CD with an amazing sound! Review by Jackdewey

A whiz of the Hammond organ, Vanessa Rodriguez offers us a groovy first album with Soul Project. Well surrounded by Donna Grantis and Jean-Pierre Levesque, every track is upbeat and makes you want to move... read more>>

 
 

All About Jazz website, December 2006

Earth Tones — CD Review by John Kelman

Montreal-based saxophonist Dave Turner ... with trombonist Dave Grott sharing the front line, the quartet may have looked bottom-heavy on paper - but it's proven to be a soulful and rich-sounding unit, aided by the young up-and-comer Vanessa Rodrigues on Hammond B3 organ ... read the review>>

 
 

Montreal Gazette, November 2, 2006

Best Bets

by Irwin Block

Vanessa Rodrigues reverts to her role as a Latin pianist at Espace Dell'Arte ...more>>

 
 

The Coast, July 13-19, 2006

Vanessa Rodrigues Soul Project

by Johnston Farrow

Every year at the Atlantic Jazz Festival there's one show that stands out ... read the article>>

 
 

Montreal Gazette, June 29, 2006

Best Bets

by Irwin Block

Organists Vanessa Rodrigues and Martin K. Petersen's... more>>

 
 

Montreal Mirror, March 30 - April 5, 2006

Mini CD Reviews

by Scott C

Vanessa Rodrigues Soul Project (Independent) Montreal's queen of the Hammond B-3 organ ... read the review>>

 
 

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>>


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