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Carlos Bica

Double bass player and composer, Carlos Bica, is one of the most prolific and innovative sound artists of Portugal. Known for his lyrical tone on the double bass, Bica has the rare ability to write melodies that essentially are songs without words, haunting and unforgettable. "Both a remarkable composer and musician who knows how to mix his folkloric, lyrical roots with any modern style he encounters" —Double Bassist Among the several musical projects he leads along with various theatre, film and dance projects, his trio AZUL with Frank Möbus and Jim Black has become his showcase as a bass player and composer. MORE THAN THIS is the title of the brand new album by Carlos Bica & Azul with Frank Möbus and Jim Black. It has been twenty years since the release of Carlos Bica's Azul, the Portuguese double bass player's debut recording with German guitarist Frank Möbus and the American drummer Jim Black

Celebration Of Clean Feed Records, Part 2

by Maurice Hogue
August 17, 2026

Yes, a Part 2! I had pulled out so much music from the Clean Feed Records catalog that I was left with a raft of music, as deserving to be heard as much as the Clean Feed releases played in the previous tribute episode, so it was an easy choice to just keep it rolling this ...

Stephen Davis Unit, Shannon Barnett & Isaiah Collier

by Maurice Hogue
January 13, 2025

With this show falling during the holidays, the host decided to kick back a little and programmed three hours of random selections from mostly 2024 releases, plus three new ones: Northern Ireland drummer Stephen Davis' The Gleaming World, and keyboardist Marina Albero's A Nomad Of Sound , and one featuring trombonist Shannon Barnett who returned from ...

James Brandon Lewis, Joe Fonda, David Murray & Garfo

by Maurice Hogue
January 6, 2025

This episode is a definite mixed bag of styles and sounds, highlighted by a preview of James Brandon Lewis' Apple Cores with his trio, bassist Joe Fonda's second new release of late, this time with a top US quintet, new albums from Portuguese quartets Garfo and Talagbusao, Quebec band Brûlez Les Meubles, the latest from the ...

Forte

By Aki Takase

Label: BMC Records
Released: 2024

11:11

By Carlos Bica

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Roots; Lucky; Blue in Grey; Pentimenti; Paris; Não estás aqui por acaso; Half Step; A Place You Will Never See; 11:11; Motiv; A Noite; Love Boat.

Mark Corroto's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Mark Corroto
December 8, 2024

Ahh, the “Best Of" lists, when I get the privilege to tell you “what is what." For me, the releases below are not the best discs of 2024 but the ones I kept coming back to most often this past year. I certainly missed a few, as I will discover reading other AAJ contributor's best-of lists. ...

Carlos Bica: 11:11

by Mark Corroto
October 22, 2024

For Carlos Bica, ugly was never an option for his quartet release 11:11. Much like American guitarist Bill Frisell does in his music, the Portuguese bassist and composer draws on his experience with his country's folk heritage. For Bica, that tradition is contained in the song genre fado. The music is often about fate or longing, ...

Carlos Bica, Sulida, Gayle / Parker / Graves & Giovanni Guidi

by Maurice Hogue
August 19, 2024

This episode that tilts heavily to the “freer" side was enjoyable to put together. Highlights are provided by new albums from the new Norwegian trio, Sulida, England's Paul Dunmall & Laura Jurd (saxophone and trumpet), Italy's fine pianist Giovanni Guidi's trio with guest James Brandon Lewis, an excerpt of a live recording by Yoni Kretzmer & ...

Carlos Bica: 11:11

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 14, 2024

Ottimo quartetto, felicemente amalgamato e coeso, lungo trame che, stante il particolare assetto strumentale, si sdipanano lungo traiettorie tutt'altro che usuali, quello diretto dal contrabbassista Carlos Bica, sessantaseienne di Lisbona, in questo suo nuovo lavoro (dovrebbe trattarsi del dodicesimo a suo nome in poco meno di trent'anni), inciso a Oporto nel marzo di questo stesso 2024. ...