23 Dez :: Quinteto Vitor Pereira :: Sala Porta-Jazz :: Boas Festas!

QUINTETO VITOR PEREIRA :: SALA PORTA - JAZZ :: 23/12

Sala Porta-Jazz
Av. dos Aliados 168, 4º piso
Concerto - duas sessões de uma hora que iniciam às 19:00h e às 22:00h 
5€ / 3€ Membros*

Formação:

José Pedro Coelho – Sax tenor
João Mortágua – Sax alto
Vitor Pereira – Guitarra, Composição
Nuno Campos – Contrabaixo
José Marrucho – Bateria

Esta inovadora banda liderada pelo guitarrista Portuense radicado em Londres está na linha da frente do Jazz contemporâneo Europeu. Com dois discos lançados pela editora Inglesa “F-IRE records” este quinteto tem causado sensação por toda a Europa atraindo excelentes críticas da comunidade jazzística mundial.

Distinguindo-se pelo som único e energético a sua música revela um vasto leque de influências desde riff’s de rock até ao toque minimalista da música clássica contemporânea. A força das composições e o talento de alguns dos músicos mais proeminentes do jazz Português combinam-se aqui num som sedutor e original capaz de captar a atenção do ouvinte mais relutante.

Vitor Pereira nasceu no Porto, cidade onde estudou música e guitarra clássica e onde desenvolveu o gosto pelo Jazz.

O seu interesse pelo Jazz levou-o a participar em vários seminários e aulas privadas com figuras do Jazz internacional como Pat Metheny, Jonathan Kreisberg, Gilad Hekselman ou Aaron Goldberg e a mudar-se para Londres após ser aceite pela Middlesex University em 2004 onde concluiu uma licenciatura em Jazz performance.

Desde então a viver em Londres, tem sido um nome activo na cena Jazzística Inglesa, Portuguesa e Europeia colaborando com nomes como Asaf Sirkis, Marc Demuth, James Allsopp, Josh Arcoleo, Binker Goldings, etc…

www.vitorpereira.net

"intriguing and innovative" - All About Jazz

“'New World' brims with vigour, imagination and staying power” -London Jazz

“the music is contemporary, it’s for today … the musical manifesto is superb” - Bebop Spoken Here

"Experimental modern jazz from this heavyweight band led by Portuguese guitarist Pereira" -Timeout London

“hard-hitting contemporary jazz-rock flavour in line with Pereira’s fine politically motivated compositions" - Jazzwise

*(doação sugerida);

Membros: https://portajazz.com/about/membros/ - cotas válidas por 1 ano: Membro amigo 40 eur; Membro músico/estudante 25 eur.

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Pode consultar o nosso catálogo aqui: portajazz.com/carimbo

A equipa Porta-Jazz deseja-lhe Boas Festas!

Vinícius Gomes - Resiliência (BLAXTREAM 2017)

Esse é o primeiro disco inteiramente autoral de Vinícius Gomes, e conta com a participação de Edu Ribeiro (bateria), Rodrigo Ursaia (saxofone), Bruno Migotto (contrabaixo) e Gustavo Bugni (piano), além da participação especial do baterista Daniel de Paula, do trompetista Rubinho Antunes e de quarteto de cordas. O disco saiu pelo selo Blaxtream,  idealizada por Thiago Monteiro, que vem com várias propostas inovadoras de veiculação de musica instrumental.

It is already available for download (mp3, WAV and HD) "Resiliência" album, my first work with my own compositions only! It has a total of 10 tracks and 4 great musicians: Edu Ribeiro (drums), Rodrigo Ursaia (sax), Bruno Migotto (bass), Gustavo Bugni (piano), and special part of the drummer Daniel de Paula, trumpeter Rubinho Antunes and a string quartet.

The album was recorded by Blaxtream, idealized by the sound engineer Thiago Monteiro. 

Download here:

1. Resiliência 06:51

2. Êxodo 08:24

3. Ano Novo 05:26

4. Primeiro Sim (feat. Rubinho Antunes) 06:50

5. Quatro Bardos 05:45

6. Mou 09:43

7. Valsa (feat. Rubinho Antunes) 05:53

8. Caminhos Abertos (feat. Rubinho Antunes) 04:49

9. Labirinto 02:21

10. Bom Dia (feat. Daniel De Paula) 05:46

Edu Ribeiro | Bateria

Bruno Migotto | Baixo

Gustavo Bugni | Piano

Rodrigo Ursaia | Sax e Flauta

Vinícius Gomes | Guitarra e Violão

​Gravado em 2016, Novembro, dias 3 & 4

Rivière Studios, Ribeirão Preto.

*exceto cordas e reamp de guitarra,

gravados no Soundfinger Studio.

Gravado e Mixado por Thiago Monteiro

com a Assistência de Joel Lauand Jr.

Produção Executiva: Thalita Magalhães

Fotografia: Alisson Sbrana (@alifas)

Artwork: Evandro Ferreira

Cafés, Snacks e Simpatia: Chico

Participações Especiais:

Rubinho Antunes - Trompete em:

‘Valsa’, ‘Primeiro Sim’, ‘Bom Dia’ e ‘Caminhos Abertos’

Daniel De Paula - Bateria em ‘Bom Dia’

​Cordas em ‘Resiliência’:

Ricardo Takahashi - 1º Violino

Daniel Moreira - 2º Violino

Daniel Pires - Viola

Vana Bock - Cello

Gustavo Bugni - Arranjo e Regência

Todas as músicas por Vinícius Gomes,

exceto ‘Êxodo’, de Vinícius Gomes e Fernando Amaro.

Bridges - Live in Norway (feat. Seamus Blake, Hayden Powell, Espen Berg, Jesper Bodilsen & Anders Thorén) AMP MUSIC & RECORDS 2017

BRIDGES is a modern, Nordic jazz project with a clear vision; a vision to create an expression that is highly unique by constructing new musical bridges between Norway and other parts of the world.  The construction of these musical bridges will help to link different worlds of jazz together and ultimately lead to the creation new and exciting music.

This digital release is a short documentation of BRIDGES with Seamus Blake´s European tour in Scandinavia, United Kingdom and France during September 2017. 

It was recorded live in concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway and thereafter mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug in legendary Rainbow Studio.

1. Step Song (feat. Seamus Blake, Hayden Powell, Espen Berg, Jesper Bodilsen & Anders Thorén) 4:39

2. Trust in You (feat. Seamus Blake, Hayden Powell, Espen Berg, Jesper Bodilsen & Anders Thorén) 13:07

3. Dear Old Stockholm (feat. Seamus Blake, Hayden Powell, Espen Berg, Jesper Bodilsen & Anders Thorén) 6:49

4. Song for Karla (feat. Seamus Blake, Hayden Powell, Espen Berg, Jesper Bodilsen & Anders Thorén) 7:29

Seamus Blake - saxophone

Hayden Powell - trumpet

Espen Berg - piano

Jesper Bodilsen - bass

Anders Thorén - drums

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ruler Rebel (ROPEADOPE RECORDS 2017)

Ruler Rebel is the first in a three-album series collectively titled The Centennial Trilogy. 

The series is, at its core, a sobering re-evaluation of the social and political realities of the world through sound. It speaks to a litany of issues that continue to plague our collective experiences. Slavery in America via the Prison Industrial Complex, Food Insecurity, Xenophobia, Immigration, Climate Change, Sexual Orientation, Gender Equality, Fascism and the return of the Demagogue. 

The first release in the trilogy, Ruler Rebel, vividly depicts Adjuah's new vision and sound - revealing Adjuah to the listener in a way never heard before via a completely new production methodology that Stretches Trap Music with West African and New Orleanian Afro-Native American styles.

1. Ruler Rebel 05:45

2. New Orleanian Love Song 02:33

3. New Orleanian Love Song II [X. aTunde Adjuah Remix] 04:56

4. Phases [Feat. Sarah Elizabeth Charles] 04:15

5. Rise Again [Allmos Remix] 03:42

6. Encryption [Feat. Elena Pinderhughes] 05:38

7. The Coronation of X. aTunde Adjuah [Feat. Elena Pinderhughes] 05:36

8. The Reckoning 03:16

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Trumpet, Siren, Sirenette, Reverse Flugelhorn, SPD-SX, Sampling, Sonic Architecture

Elena Pinderhughes - Flute

Lawrence Fields - Piano, Fender Rhodes

Luques Curtis - Bass

Kris Funn - Bass

Joshua Crumbly - Bass

Cliff Hines - Guitar

Corey Fonville - Drums, SPD-SX

Joe Dyson Jr. - Pan African Drums, SPD-SX

Weedie Braimah - Djembe, Bata, Congas

Chief Shaka Shaka - Dununba, Sangban, Kenikeni

Special Guest:

Sarah Elizabeth Charles - Vocals

All songs written by Christian Scott, (Stretch Music Publishing - SESAC)

"Phases" written by Christian Scott, (Stretch Music Publishing - SESAC)

Sarah Elizabeth Charles, (Sarah Elizabeth Charles Music - ASCAP)

Cliff Hines, (Klyph Publishing - BMI)

"Rise Again" written by Christian Scott, (Stretch Music Publishing - SESAC)

Allan Cole, (Algorythmusic BMI)

Produced by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and Chris Dunn

Executive Producer: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Recorded April 16-21, 2016 by Matt Grondin and Nick Guttmann at The Parlor, New Orleans, LA

Mixed by Nick Guttmann at The Parlor, New Orleans, LA

Mastered by Paul Blakemore, Cleveland OH \

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah plays Adams Instruments, ACB Mouthpieces and Josh Landress Brass, SD Systems Microphones, Master & Dynamic Headphones

Corey Fonville plays Vic Firth Drumsticks & Yamaha Drums

Joe Dyson plays Vic Firth Drumsticks & Canopus Drums

Creative Direction (Album Art)

Kiel Adrian Scott & Kevin Kedroe

Art Direction Kevin Kedroe & Allan Cole

Photography Kiel Adrian Scott

Package Design Kevin Kedroe

The Centennial Trilogy CD Set 2017

Ruler Rebel 2017

Diaspora 2017

The Emancipation Procrastination 2017

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Leszek Możdżer / Iiro Rantala / Michael Wollny - Piano Night (Live) Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic VII (ACT MUSIC 2017)

“Three men, three pianos, one emotion – jazz”. These were the words with which German national TV news succinctly summed up the piano summit on 31st May 2016 in a sold-out main hall of the Berlin Philharmonie – a concert which can now be experienced exclusively on vinyl. And the TV news reporter continued: “Iiro Rantala, Leszek Możdżer, Michael Wollny. Each in a class of his own. Together, they’re a miracle”. Is there perhaps an element of déjà vu in this story? Yes, certainly. Because these were the same three jazz piano greats who had performed at the very first ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic’ in December 2012, the event which triumphantly set in motion the concert series curated by Siggi Loch at the German capital city’s classical music shrine.

Making this second appearance together were three of the most outstanding and established representatives of European jazz, each with a host of awards to their name. Możdżer, Rantala and Wollny are from a generation which mostly went through the rigours of classical study and therefore have a knowledge of that canon and tradition. Each of them has ventured from there into the freedom of jazz, and have not just loved it, but also thrived on it. They also grew up, almost inevitably, living and breathing rock and pop music. In other words, these are musicians who have garnered experiences in all genres and style, and who simply ‘make music’ that transcends technical barriers, and do it “in the spirit of jazz”, which puts them at one with the basic tenet of the ACT label.

After more than a dozen ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic‘ concerts – all of them completely sold out, with all three pianists returning, individually, from other formations – it was exciting to listen out for how the three had developed in the interim since that first concert together. Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala has been integrating completely new colours into his playing – “melodies full of clarity and beauty”, as the Stern, one of Germany’s leading magazines, described them, have become a focus for his artistry.

The two solo albums ‘Lost Heroes’ (from 2011) and ‘My Working Class Hero’ (a tribute for what would have been the 75th birthday of John Lennon in 2015) finally gave him a major international profile. Artistic integrity, a respect for the power of melody and the freedom he has when soloing – Rantala brings all of these elements to the fore with total conviction in his composition ‘Freedom’.

Michael Wollny has also found his artistic freedom – something he has worked towards for ten years. It was with ‘Weltentraum’ (2014) and ‘Nachtfahrten’ (2015), however, that word really started to get round that there was a quite exceptional pianist in Germany, a “complete master of the piano” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, FAZ), a musician who seems to be able to find his own surprising solution to every kind of musical or aesthetic proposition. He certainly does that on this album in a duo with Iiro Rantala – ‘White Moon’, a composition by his most important early teacher Chris Beier, who was also the first to spot Wollny’s potential.

There remains the Polish “phenomenon” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Leszek Możdżer, who is the great romantic among European jazz pianists. His “filigree virtuosity with its light and shade is fascinating, hugely entertaining and nobody gets even close to what he can do as a craftsman of the contemporary piano” was the verdict of the German broadsheet FAZ. Możdżer’s ability to combine the simple with the difficult is something he demonstrates incomparably in the pictorial, almost filmic composition ‘She Said She Was A Painter’.

The piano summit concert has its shape, its dramaturgy, building inexorably towards a grand finale with all three pianists on the stage together. First there is the soulful heat of Gershwin's ‘Summertime’, and then a wild ride through Chick Corea’s ‘La Fiesta’. It is in moments like these, as the pianists play their multi-dimensional games of pursuit and avoidance, that the true spirit of this concert series emerges. The thrill, the tingle and the danger of these exceptional live encounters are part of the jazz tradition, but have been updated to send a buzz of excitement around today’s technology-fixated audience. Iiro Rantala’s ‘Olé!’ at the end of this concert didn’t just resonate in the hall in Berlin at the moment of triumph. It is a powerful and durable expression of the effect of live music at its absolute best.

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Coming in the New Year:

Jan. 19 - Clovis Nicolas - Freedom Suite Ensuite

Jan. 26 - Wayne Escoffery - Vortex

Feb. 9 - John Raymond & Real Feels - Joy Ride

Feb. 23 - Adam Nussbaum - The Lead Belly Project

Sunnyside Artists Live:

Dec. 23 - Rebecca Martin & Larry Grenadier @ Stockade Guitars - Kingston, NY

Jan. 5 - Adam O'Farrill Quartet @ Spectrum - NYC

Jan. 12 - Jamie Baum Septet + @ Winter Jazz Fest - Subculture - NYC

Jan. 12 - Brandon Ross For Living Lovers @ Winter Jazz Fest - New School Jazz Bldg 2nd Fl - NYC

Jan. 12 - Sara Serpa @ Winter Jazz Fest - New School Jazz Bldg 2nd Fl - NYC

Jan. 12-13 - Aaron Goldberg @ Blue Note - NYC

Jan. 13 - Guilhem Flouzat Trio @ Winter Jazz Fest - The Bitter End - NYC

Jan. 13 - Harriet Tubman @ Winter Jazz Fest - New School Tishman Auditorium - NYC

Jan. 13 - Luciana Souza @ Winter Jazz Fest - Subculture - NYC

Jan. 14 - Laszlo Gardony Trio @ Amherst Town Library - Amherst, NH

Jan. 17 - Cristina Pato Quartet @ Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium - Palm Beach, FL

Jan. 17-18 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Indiana University - Bloomington, IN

Jan. 19 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Rudy's Jazz Room - Nashville, TN

Jan. 20 - Duane Eubanks Quartet @ Candlelight Lounge - Trenton, NJ

Jan. 20 - Cristina Pato Quartet @ South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center - Miami, FL

Jan. 20 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ The Velvet Note - Atlanta, GA

Jan. 21 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ White Horse Black Mountain - Asheville, NC

Jan. 23 - Jay Clayton & Kirk Nurock @ Mezzrow - NYC

Jan. 26-27 - Wayne Escoffery @ Smoke - NYC - CD Release for Vortex

Jan. 27 - Camille Bertault & Dan Tepfer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jan. 27 - Laszlo Gardony @ James Library - Norwell, MA

Jan. 27 - Cristina Pato Quartet @ Clark State Performing Arts Center - Springfield, OH

Jan. 28 - Randy Ingram @ Jazz Dock - Prague, Czech Republic

Feb. 1 - Cristina Pato Quartet @ Cathedral of San Fernando - San Antonio, TX

Feb. 2-8 - Benny Green @ The Jazz Cruise - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Feb. 7 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Jazz Standard - NYC - CD Release for Joy Ride

Feb. 9 - Dan Tepfer - Maui, HI

Feb. 10 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ The Liberty - Cincinnati, OH

Feb. 11 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts - Menomonie, WI

Feb. 12 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ The Icehouse - Minneapolis, MN

Feb. 13 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Jazz Showcase - Chicago, IL

Feb. 14-15 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Luther College - Decorah, IA

Feb. 15 - Dan Tepfer Trio @ Blue Note - Honolulu, HI

Feb. 16 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ The Mill - Iowa City, IA

Feb. 16-17 - Abdullah Ibrahim @ Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA

Feb. 17 - John Raymond & Real Feels @ Noce - Des Moines, IA

Feb. 17 - Luciana Souza @ Portland Jazz Fest - Portland, OR

Feb. 18 - Abdullah Ibrahim @ Chan Center for Performing Arts - Vancouver, BC

Feb. 21 - Abdullah Ibrahim @ Revolution Hall - Portland, OR

Feb. 21-24 - Benny Green @ Jazz Bistro - St. Louis, MO

Feb. 22-25 - Abdullah Ibrahim @ SFJAZZ Center Miner Auditorium - San Francisco, CA

Feb. 24 - Laszlo Gardony @ Spire Center for the Performing Arts - Plymouth, MA

Feb. 25 - Dan Tepfer w/ Eric Harland @ Jazz Nights Princeton - Princeton, NJ

Feb. 28 - Benny Green @ San Jose Winter Jazz Fest - San Jose, CA

Don't forget the Mingus Big Band every Monday @ Jazz Standard in NYC!

Anders Bergcrantz - Soulfully Yours (VANGUARD MUSIC BOULEVARD 2017)

Di certo Anders Bergcrantz non è cristallizzato nel suo lavoro di jazzista. Ne fa – e ne sa – una più del diavolo, così da poter mettere mani al repertorio mainstream tradizionale, a quello della classica contemporanea, alle diverse declinazioni storiche del jazz, fino ad arrivare a "Soulfully Yours", che impila un po' tutto questo, aggiungendovi una bella dose di avant-garde rock-fusion con spruzzate di progressive. E tanto si ascolta solo al primo dei sette brani in scaletta, dove Bergcrantz fa urlare la sua tromba al fianco della dinamitarda chitarra di Lindval: e ciò solo per i 2/3 di "Spirit Of Life", che nella residua parte, dopo un vorticoso balletto di batteria e percussioni, si vesta da discoteca anni Ottanta, bellamente sciogliendosi in un soul danzabile che destabilizza il tutto.

Copernicano cambio di scena in "Childlike" con il jazz classico che balza all'orecchio, e la chitarra di Olsson che si divide la scena con la tromba di Bergcrantz, dal gusto espressionista e i timbri moderatamente caldi, per una hardboppistica soluzione ritmico-armonica. Eleganza esecutiva, orchestrale d'antan che si ascolta in " Mr. B.F." nella quale si ritaglia spazio il forte, caldo e carezzevole tenore di Franck che fa coppia con il trombettista svedese che scolpisce ogni nota. Giù con la bluesy "Oliphant" che assume contorni filmici, per poi scontrarsi con le infuocate corde di Lindval e il piano Fender Rhodes ben amministrato da Sven Erik Lundeqvist.

Poi, come nei migliori film, il coupe de theatre arriva – nuovamente – con "Saraswati", che prende in mano le musiche del Mediterraneo per portarle a passeggio nel giardino del jazz e lasciarle giocare con i balocchi della classica contemporanea, con mutamenti ritmici e stravolgimenti armonici che la spingono in una fase visionaria-onirica, con il suggello delle voci di un coro da anime del Purgatorio e con gli algidi sintetizzatori che rendono ancora più affascinante la policroma composizione.

" It Freezes Now" è una ballad soave, ma non tradizionale, sarà per le voci accattivanti, calde e avvolgenti, in perfetta antinomia, di Rebecca e Iris Bergcrantz, oppure per l'arrangiamento impresso e il passo che oscilla verso altre suoni e altre terre. La chiosa è un memo dell'inizio, con altra scansione temporale scandita dalla falcata africana, sventagliate bebop, e ritmo forsennato. 

In nuce, Anders Bergcrantz sa come trattare la materia jazzistica, senza offendere il passato, ma anche senza rimanerci imbrigliato.

Alceste Ayroldi per Jazzitalia

1. Spirit of Life

2. Childlike

3. Mr. B.F.

4. Oliphant

5. Saraswati

6. It Freezes Now

7. Resistance

Anders Bergcrantz - tromba, percussioni, voce, scacciapensieri, cetra da tavolo

Thomas Franck - sassofono tenore

Anders Chico Lindval - chitarra elettrica, voce

Linus Olsson - chitarra elettrica

Robert Tjäderkvist - piano elettrico, sintetizzatore

Sven Erik Lundeqvist - piano elettrico

Mats Ingvarsson - basso elettrico, voce

Lasse Lundström - basso elettrico

Stefan Bellnäs - basso elettrico

Pa Tollbom - batteria, darbuka

Niclas Campagnol - batteria

Victor Lewis - batteria

Leif Jonsson - percussioni

Johan Börgesson - tablas

Iris Bergcrantz, Edvard Bisof, Anne Bech Hald, Anna-lena Lurin Bregcrantz - voce, hohner string performer, pianoforte

Rebecca Bergcrantz - voce solista