Results for "Hugo Carvalhais"

Hugo Carvalhais

Hugo Carvalhais was born in Oporto/ Portugal and took a degree in Painting at the Fine Arts School there. Despite being self-taught, Carvalhais studied and participated in seminars with musicians including Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, Hein Van de Geyn, Mario Pavone, Carlos Bica and Miroslav Vitous. Considered as one of the most talented and “sui generis” Portuguese double-bass players of his generation, Hugo has worked with musicians such as Julian Arguelles, Tim Berne, Emile Parisien, Dominique Pifarély, Liudas Mockunas, Sheila Jordan, Jefferey Davis, Art Themen, among others. 2010 sees the launch of his first record as a leader featuring saxophone player Tim Berne

The Latest From Clean Feed Records

by Mark Corroto
July 28, 2021

2021 marks the twentieth year of Lisbon's Clean Feed Records. Listeners went from thinking ”who knew there was jazz in Portugal?" to acknowledging the label as the flag bearer of jazz' vanguard. Besides releasing music by Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Steve Lehman, Julius Hemphill, Charles Gayle, Anthony Braxton, Elliott Sharp, Eric Revis, Harris Eisenstadt, and Kris ...

Trama no Navio

By Joao Pedro Brandao

Label: Carimbo Porta-jazz
Released: 2020
Track listing: Trama no Navio

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 ...

European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018: Portuguese showcases

by Henning Bolte
October 12, 2018

Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB); Livraria Ler Devagar European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018 Lisbon, Portugal September 13-15, 2018 European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018: Portuguese showcases This year's annual European Jazz Conference, a convention organized by the European Jazz Network, took place at Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in the Portuguese capital ...

Grand Valis

By Hugo Carvalhais

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Exegesis; Logos; Oblong Emissions; Anamnesis; Involution; Decoding Maya; Amigdala Waves; Holographic Maya; Digitalis; Zebra.

Hugo Carvalhais: Grand Valis

by Neri Pollastri
April 29, 2016

Hugo Carvalhais, trentottenne contrabbassista di Oporto presenta il suo terzo disco (nel primo, Nebulosa, sempre per la Clean Feed, era presente Tim Berne) con una formazione assai particolare: al suo fianco, infatti, il tastierista Gabriel Pinto, impiegato soprattutto all'organo, e il violinista Dominique Pifarély, oltre a Jeremiah Cymerman all'elettronica. Come testimoniato già dai titoli ...

Grand Valis

By Hugo Carvalhais

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Exegesis; Logos; Oblong Emission; Anamnesis; Involution; Decoding Maya; Amigdala Waves; Holographic Maya; Digitalis; Zebra.

Hugo Carvalhais: Grand Valis

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 13, 2015

What happens when modern composition meets jazz in a science fiction universe? The answer is Grand Valis by Portuguese bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais. Carvalhais tackles the great universal questions of meaning in a musical language. Titles like “Exegesis," “Logos" and “Decoding Maya" point towards the philosophical nature of the music. Carvalhais plays ...

Ljubljana Jazz Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
July 24, 2014

2014 Ljubljana Jazz Festival 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia July 2-5, 2014 Ljubljana--capital of the Republic of Slovenia, member of EU, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy--hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe, which held its 55th edition this year. The event is usually organized by Cankarjev House--Cankarjev Dom, in Slovenian--a prestigious, state-run ...