Celeste Rodrigues | en

Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira (Igarapava, 6 de fevereiro de 1939 - Cotia, 8 de maio de 2014) foi um cantor brasileiro, pai de Luciana Mello e Jair Oliveira, que seguiram a carreira musical. Foi criado em Nova Europa, cidade do interior de São Paulo, onde morou até 1954; depois mudou-se com a família para São Carlos, onde pode começar sua carreira musical, pois a cidade possuia a melhor vida noturna de toda a região. Sua carreira musical começou quando foi crooner no meio dos anos 50 no interior de São Paulo, na cidade de São Carlos, lá chegando em 1954...
Puente Celeste is a music band originated in 1997, in Buenos Aires, that performs both instrumental and vocal music. Its original proposal, cosmopolitan and yet profoundly Argentinean, combines in a natural way elements from the most different kinds of music around the globe, original themes and melodies, instruments from many cultures, solos and group improvisations, poetry, energy and sensitivity, complexity but also simplicity. Marcelo Moguilevsky clarinet, bass clarinet, harmonica, soprano sax, bag pipes and recorder. Luciano Dyzenchauz double bass, percussion and berimbao. Lucas Nikotián accordion, piano and flutes. Edgardo Cardozo guitar, requinto, accordion, cajón and voice. Santiago Vazquez percussion, berimbao,...
From the Atlantic Jazz Festival program: "From McGill jazz student to pianist for Montreal's premier Salsa/Merengue band, Orquesta Pambiche, to forming her own 11-piece Tower of Power style funk band, Groove Prophecy, and a Floridian pilgrimage to study with the legendary jazz B3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rodrigues has arrived - performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with Mike Murley, John Abercrombie and Dave Douglas and jamming with Joey DeFrancesco." Also she refs Soulive as a big influence. www.vanessarodrigues.com .