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Rodrigo Amado: This Is Our Language
by Mark Corroto
It was only a matter of time before this session was to be. Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado had, for years, been gaining the attention of American players, and recording his Motion Trio with guests such as Peter Evans and Jeb Bishop. When he conceived of this quartet, it was hand-in-the-glove fit. The title, ...
Lama + Joachim Badenhorst: The Elephant's Journey
by Vincenzo Roggero
Il trio è di quelli consolidati da un'assidua frequentazione, da numerosi concerti in giro per l'Europa, da due splendidi album -Oneiros, il debutto, il successivo Lamacal, con ospite Chris Speed-per Clean Feed. Sempre per l'etichetta portoghese di Pedro Costa, Lama -questo il nome del trio -incide il terzo lavoro con il quotato clarinettista belga Joachim Badenhorst. ...
Nuno Costa: Detox
by Angelo Leonardi
C'è un velo di malinconico lirismo, di nostalgico abbandono, nella musica di Nuno Costa che ricorda il carattere profondo dell'animo portoghese. 35 anni, operante a Lisbona nella nuova e stimolante scena musicale cittadina, il chitarrista è tornato sulle rive del Tejo da un decennio, dopo essersi diplomato con lode al Berklee College of Music ...
Lama + Joachim Badenhorst: The Elephant's Journey
by Mark Corroto
The trio Lama, a regular working ensemble with Portuguese musicians, trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and double bassist Gonçalo Almeida, plus Canadian drummer Greg Smith should seriously consider becoming a quartet, with the permanent inclusion of Belgian clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst. The trio's music just feels more complete with their release The Elephant's Journey.Lama's first disc ...
Casa Futuro: Casa Futuro
by John Sharpe
At the juncture of free jazz and free improv sits the eponymous debut of Casa Futuro. In a truly co-operative trio, saxophonist Pedro Sousa joins forces with bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini. Portuguese improvisers Sousa and Ferrandini last combined with Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore on Live At ZDB (Shhpuma, 2014), while Berthling keeps ...
Hugo Carvalhais: Grand Valis
by Jakob Baekgaard
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 ...
Nuno Costa: Detox
by Mark Sullivan
Portuguese guitarist Nuno Costa is heavily involved in music for film--his Berklee College of Music major was Film Scoring--so it's not surprising that his music often has a cinematic quality. This includes dramatic episodic compositional structures as well as programmatic song titles. Detox is his third album, following (...) -Reticências entre Parênteses (2009) and All Must ...
Nuno Costa: Detox
by Chris Mosey
Many things inspired Portuguese guitarist Nuno Costa making this, his third album: the Bible, Matthew 20:16, “So the last will be first, and the first will be last"; the life of a wasp; his pet dog, Mr Kido; and-- last but by no means least--his newly-born daughter Leonor. His songs start well, struggle to find meaningful ...
Jazz Near You Across Portugal: Faro Added!
Jazz Near You has added Faro as its third website in Portugal. If you live in the Algarve region and use Jazz Near You, please spread the word to the musician and presenter community about our free event listing and distribution service. Thanks much! Faro faro.jazznearyou.com Lisbon lisbon.jazznearyou.com Porto porto.jazznearyou.com ...
Nuno Costa: Detox
by Roger Farbey
Guitarist and Berklee College of Music alumnus Nuno Costa has produced his third album, which was recorded in January 2014, in Lisbon, Portugal, where he and his band are based. It makes for some intriguing listening too. Electronic guitar whine cedes to ethereal harmonics, constituting the opening bars of “Hum...?," and from here on ...
