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Lama Trio

The particularly dynamic and inventive Portuguese jazz scene has a new front with the trio LAMA. Curiously enough, the project was born in Roterdam, where the double bassist and composer Gonçalo Almeida and the trumpeter Susana Santos Silva were at the time (2008) studying in the jazz department of the local conservatory. There, they met the Canadian drummer Greg Smith, who used to work in the nearby dance school. Acting in the frontier line between the “mainstream” and the so called avant-garde, “Oneiros” proposes a particular jazz vision for the 21st century, with an interesting use of electronics

Rodrigo Amado: The Attic

by John Sharpe
July 24, 2017

The Attic unites three Portuguese musicians who are making a name for themselves beyond their native land. Now based in Rotterdam, bassist Gonçalo Almeida works with a range of European artists, but may be best known as leader of the Lama Trio, with trumpeter Susana Santos Silva. Saxophonist Rodrigo Amado probably enjoys the highest profile, befitting ...

Oneiros

By Lama Trio

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Alguidar; Oneiros; Overture for Penguins; Dr. No; Melodia Minúscula; My Fucking Thesis; The Chimpanzee Who Told Man How to cry; Tarantino.

Lama Trio: Oneiros

by Mark F. Turner
April 7, 2012

From the seeds of invention planted at a conservatory in Rotterdam in 2008, through experimentation and fruitful hard work, the Portuguese-based trio LAMA delivers a wild ride with Oneiros , their debut album and one of the best releases in 2011. The music is equal parts avant-garde and modern jazz, mixed by trumpeter Susana Santos Silva ...

Alguidar

February 28, 2012

Album: Oneiros
By Lama Trio
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2012
Duration: 9:12