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Mike De Souza

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Mike De Souza grew up in Hertfordshire (UK), where he first picked up the guitar at the age of 12, marking the start of a life-long obsession with music. Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2014, he has completed multiple UK jazz tours, has performed festivals internationally in Krakow (Jazz Juniors 2021), Graz (Jazzwerkstatt 2017) and Northern Spain (Ni CaJazz! and EGA Jazz festivals 2022), and regularly performs at many of the UK’s most prestigious jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s, and Pizza Express.

Since moving to London in 2012, he has worked with internationally renowned musicians including Terence Blanchard (2016), Martin Speake, and Byron Wallen, and has featured on numerous recordings as a side-man: Reflector (Twospeak), Beware of the Bear (Phil Meadows), and Music for Bosch People (Alex Paxton).

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Article: Album Review

Mike De Souza: Chrysalis

Read "Chrysalis" reviewed by Neil Duggan


For many musicians, the silver-lining of enforced isolation during the pandemic was the time to write and refine new compositions. The event enabled guitarist Mike De Souza to explore concepts for the six tracks that make up his second album, Chrysalis. This follows on from his debut, Slow Burn (Self-produced, 2019). Added impetus came from forming ...

Album

Chrysalis

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Clementine Clouds; Looking Up; Gently Wake; Paper Plane Pilot; Chrysalis; Headbanger Blissout.

Album

Slow Burn

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Living With Nuns; Going Places; Morning Mind; Nunchucks; Slow Burn; Late For Breakfast (Intro); Late For Breakfast; Veritas Lux Mea.

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Article: Album Review

Mike De Souza: Slow Burn

Read "Slow Burn" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


While making his way to reputation in the world of jazz guitar, British composer Mike de Souza was lucky enough to have been able to play with contemporary greats such as Terence Blanchard while receiving his education on the guitar by leading players John Parricelli and Gilad Hekselman, among others. The guitarist co-leads the young British ...


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