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Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Boreal
by Dan Bilawsky
Portugal's Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos and Spanish saxophonist Perico Sambeat are no strangers. The two first collaborated on a concert back in 2007. Then they joined forces in 2021 to explore Ornette Coleman's work. Now, continuing to develop their relationship, they bring Iberian ideals and modernity to the fore on Boreal. Sambeat is in the spotlight throughout this magical set--he composed and arranged all eight pieces on the program, acts as musical director, is a primary soloist ...
Continue ReadingOrquestra Jazz De Matosinhos: Jazz Composers Forum
by Chris Mosey
In 1937 Duke Ellington's recipe for big band jazz was: “It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing." Count Basie later added a caveat defining swing as something “you can really pat your foot by." Times sure have changed. Portugal's Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos commissioned pieces by eight modern composers of big band music--four each from either side of the Atlantic--for their latest album and swing only rarely entered into the equation. Although something ...
Continue ReadingOrquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos: Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos Invites Chris Cheek
by Ian Patterson
Portugal is not exactly famous for its jazz, no doubt due in part to fifty years of a repressive dictatorial regime (roughly coinciding with the birth of modern jazz) that stifled freedom of expression and, perhaps in part, owing to a vibrant tradition of folk music at a grass roots level which in no way felt bereft. One band however, which is putting Portuguese jazz on the map, and in some style, is the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos.Founded ...
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