Akuanduba by Lisbon String Trio & Luiz Rocha

Recorded by Carlos Santos on May 8th 2017 at Casa dos Bicos, Lisbon.
Graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Collages by Dilar Pereira.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.

REVIEWS

[...] Rocha writes about his focus on Brazilian music such as the choro, as well as admiring Black Sabbath, and indeed Akuanduba (which is apparently Swahili, and which names a longer album than either Télépathie or Proletariat), recorded at Fundação José Saramago in May, has a sort of roughness about it. This general sort of European-Brazilian interaction peppers so many of these albums that it's difficult to say anything too specific about that orientation, although it's palpable: A basic quietness, present from the beginning, sometimes moves into percussive exchanges featuring staccato horn, but there's also a kind of a reactive quality, sometimes infused with ostinato. The result tends to shift the basic presumption of nature-culture poles, as signifying sounds penetrate each other from strange angles. (The bustle in turn comes to seem distant, even as the familiar resurfaces at various moments.) Indeed, Akuanduba often involves calmly swirling activity, including hocket. [...] Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts

The 4th collaboration for Portugal's Lisbon String Trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Miguel Mira on cello, and Alvaro Rosso on double bass, with Brazilian clarinetist based in Barcelona Luiz Rocha, all captured live at Casa dos Bicos, Fundacao Jose Saramago, in Lisbon in 2017 for free improvisation that maintains a calm center amidst seething and commanding playing. (Squidco)

[...] La ressemblance est frappante avec l’étonnant moment capté en compagnie du clarinettiste Luiz Rocha. [...] Franpi Barriaux (citizen jazz)

Tracklist

1.	Akuanduba I	18:46

2.	Akuanduba II	10:05

3.	Akuanduba III	7:05

4.	Akuanduba IV	9:20

Credits

released January 1, 2017

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Miguel Mira - Cello
Alvaro Rosso - Contrabass
Luiz Rocha - Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

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