José Lencastre Nau Quartet + Pedro Carneiro - Thoughts Are Things (July 23, 2021 Phonogram Unit)

" I´m very happy to share with all of you “Thoughts are Things “ the new release by Nau Quartet.

This time we invited master marimba player Pedro Carneiro. I first heard about Pedro maybe some 15 years ago and I kept this name in my mind as someone I admire and would like to work with. A few years later I spent a trimester in Rochester, where I would attend the performances by the Percussive Department at Eastman School of Music. These always blew my mind, much more than the jazz ones I must say! The marimbas, vibes, and other percussive instruments were playing amazing contemporary compsitions like I have never witnessd before.

The title of the album has to do with the manifestation in the direction of materializing our ideals, goals, etc. Edward Walker, the author, defends that we create our own character and personality by the thoughts we originate, or accept from others. We are, each of us, the result of what we have thought in the past; we will be the result of what we are now thinking.

Thoughts are mental Things, and tend to become material Things. The Ideal becomes Real. Our dreams come true.

I sincerely hope you enjoy it!

Last but not least, a huge thanks to Rodrigo, Hernâni, and my brother João, for their beautiful friendship and music."

José Lencastre

1. One Way to Cultivate Courage 11:17

2. Thought Atmospheres 08:14

3. Your Latent Powers 13:16

4. The Magnet of Thought 16:24

Pedro Carneiro - Marimba

José Lencastre - Tenor and Alto Sax

Hernâni Faustino - Double Bass

Rodrigo Pinheiro - Piano

João Lencastre - Drums

All music by Nau Quartet + Pedro Carneiro

Recorded by João Sousa at OCP - Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa, Algés ( PT ) on March 7th 2021

Mixed and Mastered by Luís Delgado

Cover Illustration by João Lomelino

Artwork by João Lomelino

Band photo by Nuno Martins

Produced by José Lencastre

Executive Production by Phonogram Unit

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José Lencastre Nau Quartet - Fragments of Always (FMR RECORDS 2017)

Beautifully haunting improvisations played by the cream of Portugals improvisors, Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano, Hernani Faustino on bass , Jose Lancastre Alto Sax and led by wonderful drummer Joao Lancastre The 6 Aphorisms as a suite of many musical directions was recorded on 18th December 2016 at Timbuktu studios in Portugal. Wonderfully inventive free improv group that has its own special 'Sound' lyrical but busy and inventive.

1. Aphorism 1 02:36

2. Aphorism 2 01:42

3. Aphorism 3 02:19

4. Aphorism 4 01:27

5. Aphorism 5 01:16

6. Aphorism 6 02:18

7. Fragments of Always 17:12

8. Peculiar Landscape 05:16

9. Dancing Snake 02:10

10. Visible Wind 07:25

11. All Ways 05:25

12. Axis Mundi 07:24

José Lencastre - Alto Sax

Rodrigo Pinheiro - Piano

Hernâni Faustino - Bass

João Lencastre - Drums