Something To Say-CD presentation * TUR*

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Harmonica Player-Producer

Something To Say-CD presentation * TUR*

Dates: 
From 01 October 2018 to 30 October 2018
Musicians: 
Alex Rossi ( harmonica) Ozeias Rodrigues ( guitar)
Description: 
The Duo Rossi & Rodrigues develops a repertoire focused on Jazz and Brazilian music with an unconventional formation. Harmonica and Guitar, we adapt and create new arrangements to well know songs adjusting the instruments to new ideas. On the repertoire music from Tom Jobim, Miles Davis, John Sebastian Bach and others.

Alex Rossi 
After an illustrious career as a pioneer of the SouthAmerican blues circuit, Alex Rossi, a Brazilian harmonicamaster throws his hat into the international Jazz ring with the effortless virtuosity of the seasoned artist that he is. Rossi has performed and recorded with celebrated blues legends including Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Hash Brown, Sam Myers, Holland K. Smith, Robert Ealey, Magic Slim, Curly “Barefoot” Miller, Mike Buck, Hubert Sumlin, Joshua Redman, Susan Tedeschi, Shawn Pittman, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Phil Guy, John Primer, Billy Branch and Jeff Healey to name a few.
Alex Rossi Quartet Plays Tom Jobim follows on the heels of Rossi’s performance on soundtracks in the recent award winning cinematic hit, Nono The Zig Zag Kid, starring Isabella Rosellini.
In 2016 Rossi plays and produce a album Tribute to the great Toots Thielemans, together with another best 5 harmonica players in the world.

Ozeias Rodrigues
Ozeias Rodrigues was born on 5th July 1980 in southern Brazil. Coming from a family of musicians, he early began to be interested in music. In 2011, he attended the Guitar and Technology Institute (IG&T) in São Paulo, Brazil, where he studied with Edu Ardanuy and Joe Moghrabi. In the same year, he started the Undergraduate Music Program at University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Itajaí, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In 2005, Ozeias Rodrigues launched his first solo album titled “Mr. Chuck”. This album received great reviews from the media and the public. He has a wide discography performing in several bands, ranging from Rock to Jazz. Currently, he is performing a work project dedicated to jazz and Brazilian music by actively participating in the scenario of instrumental music in the South of Brazil.