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Paulo Chagas/Samuel Hällkvist/Stephan Sieben: Days Are Not Days
by Mark Corroto
When an improvised recording presents itself as a meteor, some foreign object from another civilization, like Days Are Not Days does, we should rejoice that it has entered our atmosphere and like a bolide, exploded upon contact. Okay, this recording by Portuguese saxophonist and flutist Paulo Chagas, and guitarists Samuel Hällkvist, from Sweden, and ...
Teresa Salgueiro: O Horizonte
by Nenad Georgievski
There have long been two sides to singer Teresa Salgueiro's musicality: the first as a master interpreter of a song and the second a gifted songwriter. Ever since Salgueiro left the band Madredeus after 20 years of recording and touring she began a career where she first gave emphasis on covers and guest appearances but soon ...
Pedro Neves: 05:21
by Jim Trageser
It is what it sounds like: West Coast jazz. It's probably worth pointing out, though, that the music found on Pedro Neves' sophomore album comes from the west coast of Portugal, not the United States. You'd never guess that this is Iberian jazz, though, just from listening to it. There's no trace of fado--that ...
Mariza: Music is My Fado
by Nenad Georgievski
Listening to Portuguese fado singer Mariza, it's really hard not to be taken away by her passionate singing, charismatic stage presence, and sly sass. Yet, beneath her almost fragile and gentle appearance is a tiger waiting to spring. Ever since she burst onto the world stage 15 years ago, she swept the world with a fiery ...
Susana Santos Silva, Lotte Anker, Sten Sandell, Torbjörn Zetterberg, John Fält: Life and Other Transient Storms
by Troy Dostert
Many fans of contemporary creative jazz and improvised music have in recent years become aware of Susana Santos Silva. Despite her relative youth (37), this extraordinary Portuguese trumpet player possesses a remarkably self-assured and distinctive voice on her instrument, and she excels in straddling the lines between composition and free improvisation. For this release, she's assembled ...
RED Trio & John Butcher: Summer Skyshift
by John Sharpe
It was the release of Empire (No Business, 2011) that constituted the point at which many people first began to pay attention to the Portuguese Red Trio. That collaboration with English saxophonist John Butcher featured on several year end lists. It paved the way for a series of further alliances, documented on disc with trumpeter Nate ...
Notti di Fado a Lisbona: Carminho, José Manuel Neto, Ana Moura
by Angelo Leonardi
Carminho, José Manuel Neto, Ana Moura Fado no Castelo Castelo de Sao Jorge Lisbona 16-18.06.2016 Il castello di São Jorge, sulla collina che domina Lisbona e il Tejo, è uno dei luoghi più suggestivi d'Europa ma diventa indimenticabile quando ospita un festival di per sé speciale come “Fado no ...
Michael Lauren All Stars: Once Upon A Time In Portugal
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer/educator Michael Lauren moved from New York City in 2003 to become the Professor of Drum Set studies at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) in Porto, Portugal. He formed his All Star band with some of Portugal's best jazz musicians to continue performing the hard bop he loves. Almost everyone contributes a ...
Hugo Carvalhais: Grand Valis
by Neri Pollastri
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 ...
Kaja Draksler, Susana Santos Silva: This Love
by Vic Albani
Giovani avanguardiste crescono. Conosciutesi durante l'esperienza del 2008 con la European Movement Jazz Orchestra (una sorta di big band internazionalista che raccoglie da tempo alcuni fra i più interessanti talenti emergenti continentali) e poi durante le residente artistiche del “summit" Cows on Trees (ad esempio quella nota del Centro Norton De Matos di Coimbra), ...
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