Jazz Articles about Joana Gama

Joana Gama - Luis Fernandes - Ricardo Jacinto: Harmonies

by Glenn Astarita
May 10, 2017

Harmonies is purportedly the next logical step for pianist Joana Gama and electronics denizen Luis Fernandes, following Quest (Shhpuma, 2014), with the addition of cellist Ricardo Jacinto on this album that celebrates classical composer Erik Satie's 150th birthday. Here, the artists cunningly formulate an electro-acoustic soundscape, sketched with Gama's minimalist and Satie inspired themes, offering a principal element, encircled by EFX, avant-chamber, ambient electronica and other aspects or mediums. Jacinto advises that “Harmonies was a commission from Teatro ...