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André Fernandes was born in Lisbon in 1976. He finished his studies at the HotCLub of Portugal Jazz School where he nowadays teaches Guitar, Analysis, and Ensemble. Also teaches at the Madeira Conservatory. In 1996 was awarded a scholarship from Berklee College of Music that he attended for two years, until he moved to New York City. During his time in the USA he studied with Hal Crook , John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Mick Goodrick, Kenny Werner, among others. He was awarded the Stephen Holland Award for Outstanding Musicianship. Amongst his collaborations are musicians like Lee Konitz, Mário Laginha, Chris Cheek, Cyro Baptista, Ohad Talmor, Bill McHenry, Jochen Rueckert, Perico Sambeat, Julian Arguelles, David Binney, AviShai Cohen, Eli Degibri, Pedro Moreira, Alexi Tuomarila, Bernardo Moreira, Jorge Reis, Carlos Barretto, Akiko Pavolka, Jarmo Savolainen, Furio diCastri, Phil Markowitz and João Paulo Esteves da Silva. He has played the major concert halls and Jazz Festivals in Portugal like Belem Cultural Center, Teatro S

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A Few of My Favorite 2026 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 6

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 12, 2026

These past two weeks have been an opportunity to leaf back through six months of listening and rediscover the tracks that turned out to have the longest shelf life--music that still feels as fresh and compelling now as when we first heard it. Here's the last installment. We'll get back to this in six months! Stay ...

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Simon Moullier, André Fernandes, Eleonora Strino, Alexis Cuadrado & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 13, 2026

Here's a little more music for curious ears, restless spirits, and anyone who finds algorithms far too predictable. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Simon Moullier “Low Blues" Ceiba (Self-produced) 0:16 Host talks 4:42 Felice Clemente “Sparkling Blue" Le nuvole e il fulmine ...

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Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Boreal

by Dan Bilawsky
July 7, 2025

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 ...

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Departing the Wasteland

By Alexi Tuomarila

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Towards Dark Light; Gaman; Watchtower Hill; Inner Wasteland; August; Moreeni; Aether; Circle.

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Aksel Rönning Trio, Blue Reality Quartet & Ches Smith’s We All Break

by Maurice Hogue
June 23, 2021

Like Haitian-drums? Drummer Ches Smith does and he taps into the Voudo rhythm and spirit of Haiti on his new Path Of Seven Colors. Like Bob Dylan's music? The German quartet Absolutely Sweet Marie tackles nothing but; their third volume, Wherever You Roam, is just out and there are a some tunes from that featured. What ...

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Wadada Leo Smith, The Red Microphone & Clean Feed Releases

by Maurice Hogue
June 9, 2021

Trumpet master and composer Wadada Leo Smith continues to produce astonishing original music. Zeroing in on the age of 80 seems to have no impact. There are two new releases from the Finnish Tum label to show Smith's creativity: Sacred Ceremonies with Bill Laswell and Milford Graves and the other a solo set. Some of Clean ...

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Almost Alone Vol 1

By Samo Salamon

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Miss Sarcasm; Nightmare; Crooswijk; Awkwardly Placed; Coalition of the Mistaken; Looking Back; Seagulls in Maine; Seven Cats; Not Too Late, Not Too Soon; Monked; Northern Wind.

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Joshua White, Mara Rosenbloom & Australian Art Orchestra

by Maurice Hogue
December 23, 2020

It took me a while to get pianist Joshua White's album 13 Short Stories but it was worth the wait. White and his West Coast quartet are very, very good. The Australian Art Orchestra has become an institution in the Australian creative music scene. They're now directed by trumpeter and composer Peter Knight; their latest, Sometimes ...

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Festa do Jazz 2020

by Henning Bolte
October 11, 2020

Centro Cultural Belem Festa do Jazz 2020 Lisbon September 12-13, 2020 Festa do Jazz, celebration of jazz, is the annual meeting of the Portuguese jazz community. It is normally held end of March/begin of April. For many years it took place in old glory theatre São Luis Municipal in the Baixa-Chiado ...