Label: Sintoma Records
Source: José Dias
JOSÉ DIAS
José Dias is part of the emerging new generation in Portuguese contemporary jazz.
He has worked with numerous jazz, world music and pop musicians and performs now mainly with his quartet and trio.
Dias performed with David Murray in Lisbon in July 2012. In 2013 he released two albums: "360" and "Magenta" [Sintoma Records].
In 2015 he recorded his third album in Edinburgh: "What Could Have Been" [Sintoma Records | 2016].
As composer, Dias has scored music for several plays, contemporary dance performances and animation films.
His music is strongly inspired by the visual arts and literature. His projects deviate from the traditional language of jazz,
and explore the dialogue between various contemporary sound universes, where experimentation is assumed as a central element.
José Dias is an associate researcher at Institute of Ethnomusicology INET-md, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
where he has developed research on jazz education in Portugal and on European jazz networks.
He conducted his PhD exploring the relationships between jazz practices, cultural identity and cultural policies in Europe.
From his research experience, Dias has been appointed delegate for the 12 Points jazz festival.
He has presented papers in international conferences and published articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
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