Praça da República, in Tavira, will host another Jazz cycle, between the 20th and 23rd of July, at 22:00.
LUME (Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble), Maria Mendes, SUL – Bernardo Couto, Bernardo Moreira, Luis Figueiredo and Mário Barreiros with the Pacific Quartet are the names on this year's lineup.
The cycle begins on the 20th, with LUME, an ensemble of 15 instrumental jazz and classical music musicians that moves between affinities with the classic Big Band model.
Released in 2021, the band’s third album of originals, “Las Californias”, brings together these musicians around «the search for unexpected and unlikely paths in the constant tension between composition and improvisation», says Câmara de Tavira in a note.
On the 21st, the show by Maria Mendes takes place, which is based on “Saudade, Color of Love”, her new work recorded live and which has received praise from international music critics.
In this concert, Maria performs as a quartet, in a marriage between fado and jazz.
On the 22nd it is the turn of “Sul”, with Bernardo Couto (Portuguese guitar), Bernardo Moreira (double bass) and Luis Figueiredo (piano), the three who regularly work in the areas of fado, jazz, classical music and classical music. traditional.
Closing this jazz cycle, the Quarteto Pacífico with Mário Barreiros will perform on the 23rd of July, with Ricardo Toscano on alto saxophone, Abe Rábade on piano and Carlos Barretto on double bass.
Mário Barreiros, in addition to being at the foundation of the Escola de Jazz do Porto, is also a drummer, guitarist and producer.
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