Results for "Joao Martins"

João Martins

Born: July 15, 1982

Born in Ovar (Portugal) in 1982. Had his first contact with a drum kit at the age of 15. He started by playing rock with some local bands and toured through Portugal. He began studying Jazz in 2002. Since then, Improvised and Experimental Music became the focus of his career. He graduated from Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE) with a degree in Jazz drums where he studied with: Michael Lauren, Nuno Ferreira, Carlos Azevedo, Pedro Guedes, Paulo Perfeito, among others. He also graduated with a Master´s degree in Jazz Performance from Universidade de Aveiro where he studied with: Bruno Pedroso, Alexandre Frazão, Demian Cabaud, Mário Laginha, among others

Oximoro

By João Martins

Label: Carimbo Porta-jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pequenos Passos do Gigante; Dicotomia Singular; Profundamente Superficial; A Dança Sem Movimento; Diversificado Incongruente; Ligados pela Interrupção; O Acaso Planeado; Turbulência da Serenidade

Diversificado Incongruente

July 11, 2025

Album: Oximoro
By João Martins
Label: Carimbo Porta-jazz
Released: 2025
Duration: 7:50

Oversáez, Roscoe Mitchell, Marco Eneidi & Gulliver

by Maurice Hogue
July 7, 2025

Featured music in this episode begins with German pianist Sandro Sáez and his trio Oversáez. What an exciting and original trio! Their ablum Abstract Emotions is filled with mystery, unexpected twists and turns, power and subtlety. Definitely worth checking out. Then you might want to listen to One Head Four People, featuring the enduring master,Roscoe Mitchell, ...

Armageddon Flower, Felix Henkelhausen Quintet & Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi

by Maurice Hogue
June 24, 2025

It seems like everyone is talking or writing about Armageddon Flower, the excellent new album by Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp's String Trio. It may well be the pinnacle of the Perelman/Shipp musical relationship, and it will no doubt be one of the more highly regarded albums of 2025. But can I throw a little light ...

BIOS

By João Martins

Label: Self Release
Released: 2022
Track listing: 20 seconds to reboot; 100 01 10 1010 0; Soundscape for a Dreamless Dreamer; r@Nd0; Looping Fives; System Overload; BIOS; Buzzier than the Buzziest Beezz; The Quest; Enchantment;

Hundred Milliseconds

By João Martins

Label: Carimbo Porta-jazz
Released: 2020
Track listing: First Impressions; 100ms, To Trust, Sound Painter, Amygdala, Ilusão, As Partes de Um Todo, Acredita

Ben Monder, Sandy Evans, Andrea Keller, Ralph Alessi & Rich Halley

by Maurice Hogue
November 25, 2020

Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is the home of the Sir Zelman Cowen School Of Music. It's an excellent program that believes in challenging the students. One of the ways it does that is to bring in internationally recognized artists to perform and work directly with the students. This episode presents some of those Monash sessions. ...

Joao Martins Piano

Joao Martins is a pianist, percussionist, and composer with an extensive background in jazz, pop/rock, and Brazilian music. He is an active performer, having worked throughout Brazil, Europe, the US, and Asia. At Berklee College of Music, he studied piano with Joanne Brackeen, Ray Santisi, Doug Johnson, and Jennifer Elowsky-Fox. Joao currently lives in New York, where he leads his own jazz quartet, performs with different bands in a variety of genres, and accompanies dance classes.

Ides Of March

By Joao Martins Piano

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016