JUANA RODRIGUEZ
Speak Low
(2006, Ediciones Albert Moraleda)
Inigo Diaz

Now we can listen to a - by piano only accompanied - brand new version of it, performed by Juana Rodriguez, the Chilean artist based in New York.
Speak Low is her debut appearance as a swing performer. At the age of 28 Juana Rodriguez took her steps in Barcelona. She’s much more than a simple performer of modern anthology. Her vocal capacities and her talent for swing convert her in a jazzwoman of interesting depth, mostly now, living in the city where everything takes place.
She’s got presence like Rossana Savedra and personality like Rita Gongora and this can be compared in “What a difference a day made” , “Do nothing ‘till you hear from me” or “Speak low”.
Juana Rodriguez does it with charm and mobility. She goes up, she goes down and gives space to a solo baritone sax, soft as an alto sax, played by the catalan Joan Chamorro.
There is plenty of time available on Speak Low. Fifteen songs in less

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"gran talento musical,gran positivismo, gran intuicion auditiva musical,impresionante talento en interpretacion de sonidos"
Luisa Garcia Prieto
Cantante Jazz

"una de las voces mas sensuales de los ultimos tiempos,espectacular conocimiento de su instrumento"

Jaime Cantillana
Critico Musical

"THIS CHILEAN-ITALIAN LADY,TOUCHES OUR SOULS WITH HER TALENT,A SOFT AND SENSUAL VOICE,A PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE OF JAZZ,A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR,FULLY SATISFIED FOR BEING A HARD WORKER.THIS IS JUANA, ONE OF THE BRAND NEW VOICES OF JAZZ MUSIC"

Lluis Vidal
Periodista Experto en Jazz

"Juana Rodriguez una magnifica esplendida voz de jazz... su elegancia al interpretar standards antiguos y su gran soltura para el dificil SCAT,hacen de esta cantante un gran futuro a realizar impregnado de excelente calidad en los momentos musicales"

Raimundo Chamorro
Musico

"ESTA CHILENA-ITALIANA,NOS TIENE CONMOVIDOS CON SU TALENTO,UNA VOZ SUAVE Y SENSUAL ,UNA PROMESA PARA EL FUTURO DEL JAZZ,UNA MUJER MUY GUAPA Y CON UN GRAN SENTIDO DEL HUMOR,LLENA DE SATISFACCIONES EN SU VIDA POR SER UNA TRABAJADORA IMPEDERNIDA. ESTA ES JUANA UNA DE LAS NUEVAS VOCES DEL AMBITO MUSICAL JAZZSISTICO"
Lluis Vidal
Periodista Experto en Jazz

"proyecta su enorme talento ,su perfecto manejo vocal y la capacidad de integrar diversos estilos en un tema, talentosa mujer"

Susana Domenech
Entrenadora Vocal

"voz sensual con magnificos movimiento vocales muy claros a improvisar"

Eduardo Santoro


"domina la voz como nadie,potente poder para componer con su instrumento es un musico y una mujer muy talentosa"

Diego Muñoz
Compositor Musical

"privilegio de haber encontrado a semejante jazzista,enamora esa sensualidad y calida voz,suaves giros y una bella y delicada improvisacion"

Pedro Lira
Sonido/Informatico Musical

Biography

Juana Rodriguez, (Rome, 1979) Soprano Singer of Jazz·Classical and Actress, born in Italy grown up in Chile and Spain and at present rooted in New York .Begins going to singing classes at the age of 8 ; that’s when she took her first steps in Music. Influenced since she’s 10, but with her own style, by Bessie Smith, Shirley Horn, Jeanne Lee,Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald in modern singing and classically by Kiri Te Kanawa,Sumi Jo, Cecilia Bartoli, Victoria de los Angeles, Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, listening to them all on her record-player at home. In 1988 she starts devoting herself exlusively to the training of her instrument; the voice, by exploring different styles within "BLACK MUSIC"; Jazz-Soul-Blues-Funk-R&B-Bossa Nova and "OPERA" always giving priority to Jazz and Classical. Superior degree in Acting – “CEV” School of Interpretation-Image and Sound, Barcelona 2006 Superior degree in Modern Singing – “ Juan Pedro Carrero Music School”, Barcelona 2005 Superior degree in Classical Singing – “Juan Pedro Carrero Music School”, Barcelona 2005 Theatre and Dubbing studies, interpretation, Musical studies, of modern and classical voice. Flamenco dancing and singing studies. Outside the musical territory she is an Actress of Theater and Movies Dubbing Pupil of great Teachers of Modern and Classical Voice, Music,Theater and Flamenco Dance.During 1999 she intensively travels around Europe making contacts and musical and artistic activiteis. After this experience, in 2000 she decides to settle in Barcelona-Spain, to continuos with her musical, dance and theater artists proyects. Winner of the FONDART price of MUSIC in Chile,year 2006 and scholarship to live in Newyork and work on the Scat-Improvisation method, with the Jazz singer Jay Clayton and on Classical with Ira Siff and Richard Gordon. In june of 2006, launches her first Jazz production "Speak Low" ,recorded at the sudios of Albert Moraleda in Spain and edited under same brand , acompanied by great European Jazz Musicians; Joan Chamorro at Baritone sax, Agata Palencia at Piano, Drums with Alberto Cabello , and Double bass with Nuno Torres. In the record you can listen at jzz standards such as "Round Midnight" by Thelonious Monk, "My Romance"by Richard Rodgers or "All of me" by Seymour Simons, as well as Bossa nova themes such as"Desafinado" by Antonio Carlos Jobim and "Samba triste" by Baden Powell. In 2006, she travels to New York in order to promote the album and give concert in the most important Jazz Club of NYC and continue increasing her artistical carreer. At the present time, and in parallel with her musical world, she writes her first book “ El libro de la Voz” ( The Voice book) where she draws up her own Singing Method and speaks about all the studies, in holistic terms, where new vocal exercises will be found, as well as advises, diction, posture, breathing, phonetics, stage fright, anatomy, rhythm, body and more. With the unique aim of divulging one more experience, under a modern point of view. Completely different from what has been written and read on the Instrument. A personal experience. Her vocation is to go on developing her carreer as a Soprano lyrical Singer and Modern Jazz Singer, keeping clearly in mind the difference between both techniques and continuing on both paths simultaneously, as she has the capacities, knowledge and sufficient conditions to do it. She has passion and enough enthusiasm to go on building, cleaning and developing her instrument; the voice for Music and Acting, and keep on producing different projects, improving her sound and scene interpretation.

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