Four drums on stage, a trio of guitars, a mix of saxophone and Japanese instrument koto, are just some of the surprises in the schedule of another edition of Lagoa Jazz Fest, which starts on Friday, June 24th, and goes on and on. until Sunday, in the open-air amphitheater of the Municipal Park of Sítio das Fontes, near Estômbar (Lagoa).
Thus, the festival opens with the duo Franck Wolf and Mieko Miyazaki, who combine saxophone and koto sounds, followed by the Remi Panossian trio, with Remi Panossian (piano), Maxime Delporte (bass) and Frédéric Petitprez (drums ).
On Saturday, the 25th, the musical hostilities began with the Guitar Republic trio, made up of Pino Forastiere, Stefano Barone and Sérgio Altamura, three of the biggest names in the acoustic guitar in Italy. The stage then receives the warm voice of Cláudia Franco, considered the revelation singer of the new generation of jazz musicians in Portugal.
On Sunday, at closing time, the Fontes amphitheater will receive the trio of Pedro Jóia, made up of Pedro Jóia (guitar) and Norton Daiello (bass) and João Frade (accordion).
Finally, perhaps the most disconcerting project of this jazz festival is presented: Tim Tim by Tim Tum, which brings together four drums on stage, in the acoustic format that the Fontes amphitheater space allows, exploring a universe of interaction and improvisation between the musicians . The drummers are José Salgueiro, Bruno Pedroso, Alexandre Frazão and Marco Franco.
The Lagoa Jazz Fest venue, which offers a restaurant and bar service, opens at 19 pm, with concerts scheduled for 00 pm.
In the space of stage 2 of the venue, there will be guitar chillout with Antonio Mardel, as well as the performance of saxophone duo Greg and Piotr Torunski. In the space, the exhibition of tribute to jazz by the artist São Nunes is also on display. As well as there is a giant screen to broadcast the games of the round of 2016 of EuroXNUMX.
Tickets are on sale at the usual places: Convento de José, in Lagoa . Ticketline . Fnac . Worten
Friday:
Franck Wolf and Mieko Miyazaki
This duo has a rare original sound and a complicity that will certainly not leave anyone indifferent.
A journey through different worlds, the inspiration and genius of Franck Wolf's saxophones with the elegance and fascinating sound of Mieko Miyazaki's koto, an encounter between written music and the total freedom of free improvisation.
Franck Wolf – saxophones
Mieko Miyazaki – koto
Remi Panossian Trio
After countless personal experiences Remi Panossian (piano), Maxime Delporte (double bass) and Frédéric Petitprez (drums) create this trio in 2009.
The first album “Add Fiction” released in 2011, debuted which deserved praise from the international press and the general public. The friendship between these three musicians is noticeable in the group's harmony and empathy, the strength and union of rock energy and melodic lyricism.
The Trio was named “Revelation de l'année 2011” by the radio “TSF JAZZ” and at the same time invited to perform in concert at Olympia in Paris for the night “You and the Night and the Music.”
The trio's second album “BBang” released in February 2013 received very positive reviews from the specialized press (France inter, France musique, Disque de la semaine FIP, Must TSF jazz, Qobuzissime, Jazz news, Citizen jazz, Djam, Pianiste magazine… )
RP3 is the last discographic work edited in 2015.
In four years, this trio has performed almost 250 concerts in over 25 countries: France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Algeria, Norway, Venezuela and Asia, where they performed six tours and over 100 concerts.
They played in prestigious concert halls and festivals such as: Tokyo Jazz Festival (Japan), Jarasum Jazz Festival (South Korea), Guangzhou Opera Hall (China), Taichung jazz festival (Taiwan) New Morning (Paris) Montreal Jazz Festival (Canada) , Enjoy Jazz (Germany), among others.
Remi Panossian – piano
Maxime Delporte – double bass
Frédéric Petitprez -battery
Saturday
guitar republic trio
Pino Forastiere, Stefano Barone and Sérgio Altamura, three of the biggest names in the acoustic guitar in Italy.
The empathy and desire to explore new sounds and musical aesthetics led them to bring together a trio that combines bluesy language with two-hand tapping techniques, rhythmic patterns using the soundboard of the guitar and the use of the bow commonly used in instruments such as violin, cello…
The combination of varied talents, Pino's melodic sensibility, Stefano's rhythmic and Sergio's experimentalism form a trio internationally recognized by the public and specialized critics.
Stefano Barone - guitar
Sergio Altamura – guitar
Pino Forastiere - guitar
Claudia Franco 5teto
Considered the revelation singer of the new generation of jazz musicians in Portugal.
His academic career includes the Leiria Arts Conservatory, the Hot Clube Jazz School and the Lisbon Superior School of Music.
Cláudia Franco has developed a very unique style that is based on a smooth and seductive register, transmitting her essence through interpretations in which delivery meets talent.
Having participated in several projects in the field of Jazz in Portugal, it became imperative to create a project that brought together the characteristics and musicians with which he most identifies, thus the first discographic work in his own name, “Soul Dance”, published in March, was born. 2015 with the support of Smooth FM and presented at CCB in the first part of Anthony Strong. Cláudia became a Smooth FM artist and was special guest of her 4th anniversary in concert at CCB, alongside Stacey Kent and Anthony Strong.
This project combines a repertoire of jazz classics with arrangements on great pop music hits and some originals with a modern aesthetic based on the pillars of tradition.
Cláudia Franco is a teacher in the general jazz course at Escola JBJazz in Lisbon, where she teaches singing, auditory training, complementary piano and vocal technique for instrumentalists.
Claudia Franco – voice
Rui Caetano - piano
João Custódio – double bass
Pedro Felgar – drums
César Cardoso – saxophone
Sunday
Pedro Jewel trio
With a career deeply rooted in the tradition of popular Iberian music, Pedro Jóia, the most brilliant Portuguese guitarist of his generation, brings us a new approach to the rich and colorful traditional Portuguese folklore.
Strongly marked by Fado and after his work for several years based on the transcription of Armandinho's music from Portuguese guitar to classical guitar, he brings this approach closer to the musical tradition of folklore, creating a rhythmic and singular vision of popular music by enriching it with accordion is low.
Pedro Jóia – guitar
Norton Daiello- down
João Frade – accordion
Tim Tim by Tim Tum
The language of the project Tim Tim by Tim Tum explores, in a universe of interaction and improvisation between musicians, sound and silence, acoustic and aesthetics, gestural and unpredictable.
The project's objective is to communicate with the public, expecting them to react emotionally.
Four drums on stage is fascinating in itself, and the universe to discover is as vast as the imagination of those who play and listen to them.
But it's not just drums that Tim Tim By Tim Tum lives, since the philosophy of this group is that any body or object that produces sound can be used to make music.
It is in acoustic format that the presentation of Tim Tim by Tim Tum causes a greater impact with the public.
José Salgueiro – drums
Bruno Pedroso – drums
Alexandre Frazão – drums
Marco Franco – batteries
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