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the majestic sweep of
Guida's beautifully textured vocals (in Portuguese, English
and French if you please), Jazzinho marries a contemporary
Brazilian sensibility with a jazz mind-set."
Peter Quinn, Jazzwise |
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Portuguese born, and
classically trained Guida de Palma was only sixteen when
bass legend and fallen angel Jaco Pastorius hopped on
stage to join her during her very first gigs in Paris.
Blessed by this almost divine collaboration, Guida went
on singing her way onto various stages across Europe.
With her crew of Latin musicians, she played support to
prestigious performers ranging from Cab Calloway,
Defunkt and Gilberto Gil. At Juan-les-Pins' Jazz
festival, things even got out of hand when the support
band joined Hermeto Pascoal's gang in a musical stroll
across the small French town. Freshly arrived in the UK,
and alongside prestigious names like Tina Turner,
Terence Trent d'Arby, Lala Hathaway and Chaka Khan,
Guida featured in the BEF's "Music of quality and
distinction". She also joined Californian sax player
Ronnie Laws for his European tour, culminating in
Montreux Jazz Festival's rapturous closing night.
The new album features a list of special guests;
seventies legends like vocalist guitarist Hamish
Stuart of Average White Band fame, analogue keyboard
wizard Max Middleton from the Jeff Beck Band and Free
Jazz flugelhorn veteran Harry Beckett.
The first EP features a remix by Nicola Conte.
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This new opus,
recorded at Fortress Studio exclusively on vintage
equipment and instruments, mixes sounds from the
Portuguese speaking world with 70s rare groove.
The
Times rated the album 4/5, Blues & Soul 4/4 and Outline
10/10.
Jazzinho has performed on the world’s most prestigious
stages like Joe’s Pub in New York, Underground in
Chicago, Montreal Jazz Fest, as well as at The Jazz
Café, the Barbican, the ICA, Cargo, in London, or La
Paloma in Roma to name a few.
At these concerts, Guida introduces Atlas, the new album
produced by Ed Motta that she recorded with Jazzinho,
her band of latin funketeers from the UK and Brazil she
put together in London. “This time the sound is rawer,
we’re not trying to sound “nice”, we’re trying to sound
true”. The sound is Afro-Luso-Brasileiro, which, in
other words, is a mix of Portuguese speaking Roots Music
with 70’s Rare Groove.
Guida de Palma:
Vocalist and band leader.
Simon Colam: Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Hammond Organ
Marcelo Andrade: Flutes, Guitar, Violin.
Nic France: Drums.
Matheus Nova: Bass.
Anselmo Netto: Percussions, Bandolim.
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