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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...

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 .

MARCO RODRIGUES was born at the north of Portugal – Amarante. During his childhood and teen years he played as lead vocal in a band performing several musical styles. In 1997 participated at the “Grande Noite do Fado” (the main fado contest festival for Fado), in Oporto, as a junior, and achieved the 2nd place. That same year is the representative of Portugal at an International Music Festival in Italy. This was the time to move to Lisbon – the Fado capital. It was 1998. In 1999 he becomes the overall winner of the “Grande Noite do Fado”at the Lisbon...