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Pedro Melo Alves: Lumina
by Mark Corroto
If the title was not already taken by author Dave Eggers, Portuguese drummer and composer Pedro Melo Alves might have titled this recording A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. During a brief reprieve from the global pandemic, in November 2020, Melo Alves presented the 22-piece Omniae Large Ensemble at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor in Guimarães, Portugal. He expanded his Omniae Ensemble with vocalists, electronics, tuba, clarinets, flutes, bassoon, cello, and classical guitar to present this commissioned work.
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by Karl Ackermann
On the burgeoning Portuguese jazz scene, drummer Pedro Melo Alves is becoming one of the more prolific artists. The multiple award-winning composer has accumulated international praise for four unique recordings in the space of a year. On Lumina he has extended his existing ensemble and assembled the Omniae Large Ensemble of twenty-two musicians for a project commissioned by the Guimarães Jazz Festival. Melo Alves' Clean Feed Records debut was a quartet outing (with vocalists), In Igma (2020), a ...
read moreOporto Guitarist Mané Fernandes Releases "Boucelab"
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Associação Porta-Jazz
Mané Fernandes is a young guitarist from Oporto, Portugal, and has just recorded his debut album as a leader—BounceLab. This project came up during the final stage of Mané's degree in ESMAE (Oporto), which was granted a 20/20 in his final recital. There are two sides of his project BounceLab: one of improvised music, mainly influenced by jazz tradition, and another of groove / beat / transe / repetition which reflects both popular North Amercian music of the XX century ...
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