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Miguel Ângelo Coelho Silva
Portuguese double bass player and composer
About Me
He started his musical activity with the Tuna Musical de Fi?es, where he attended
lessons in music education, guitar and double-bass. He initiated a project in the
area of rock, called Curtes Baldei-me, in which he played bass guitar. He
continued his musical studies at Escola de Jazz do Porto, learning electric bass with
the Professor Alberto Jorge. Although rock music had been his field of artistic
interest during some time, it was undoubtedly the Jazz music that conquered all of
his attention. He resumed his bass studies under the guidance of the bassist Alberto
Jorge, and had combo lessons with pianist Paulo Gomes, at Escola de Jazz do Porto.
Later, he continued to study with the bassist Pedro Barreiros, and afterward he
received support from the bassist António Augusto Aguiar. He attended the Official
Music Course with the Professor Alenxander Worf up to the 5th degree. Some years
after completing his degree in Computer Science / Applied Mathematics at
Universidade Portucalense, he returned to higher education to study Double-Bass.
In 2008, he completed his Degree in Double Bass / Jazz at Escola Superior de
Música e Artes do Espetáculo, where he had the opportunity to work with António
Augusto Aguiar, Damien Cabaud, Carlos Bica, Zé Eduardo, Michael Lauren, Nuno
Ferreira, Carlos Azevedo, Pedro Guedes, Telmo Marques, among many others. He
participated in several workshops under the guidance of the bassists Carlos Bica, Zé
Eduardo, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss,…
He has participated in several concerts, among which he emphasizes the 6º Kriol
Jazz Fest (Cabo Verde), 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Porta Jazz Festivals, Jimmy Glass
Jazz Club (Valência – Spain), Hot Clube – Lisboa, Douro Jazz, Jazz on the Grass
Square, Viseu Jazz Festival, Jazz Marin Festival (Spain), Pontevedra Jazz Festival
(Spain), Outonalidades Festival, Antena 2 Open Concert, São Luís Jazz Festival,
International Music Festival of Aveiro, São João da Madeira Jazz Festival, Oporto
Jazz Festival (cafe concert) , Avante Festival, Europarque, CCB, Vilar de Mouros
Festival, Paredes de Coura Festival, Gaia House of Arts,...
In the sequence of the release of his first album as leader and composer, the GDA
Foundation gave him a support for live shows and Tour.
He played with many musicians, standing out Ohad Talmor, Dan Weiss, Frank
Vanagee, Virxílio Silva Yago Vasquez, Max Gómez, Vicente Macian, Miguel
Fernandez, Carlos López, Voro Garcia, Maria Viana, Fátima Serro, Mário Santos,
Carlos Mendes, Paulo Barros, Paulo Gomes, Carlos Azevedo, Sofia Ribeiro, Miguel
Martins, Zé Pedro Coelho, João Guimarães, André Fernandes, Jeff Davis, Óscar
Graça, Marcos Cavaleiro and many others. Currently, he leads his own quartet, with
which he released the album BRANCO in 2013, A VIDA DE X in 2016 (considerer
one of best PT jazz albuns by the jazz.pt magazine, and international press), with
the label of Porta-Jazz, in 2017 he release is first doublebass solo album I think I'm
going to eat dessert and integrates, among others Ensemble Super Moderne (best
PT jazz album 2014), MAP, Pedro Neves Trio, Bruno Macedo Quartet and Jogo de
Damas.