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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Manouche jazz festival in Almada in May

Almada, Portugal, March.24,2023(Lusa)- The second edition of the Manouche Jazz Festival takes place from 18 to 21 May in Almada, with, among others, Daniel John Martin & Romane and Tchavolo Schmitt, at Sociedade Filarmónica Incrível Almadense.
Opening the event on the 18th is the Miss Manouche quartet, formed in 2014, inspired by jazz composer Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), a Belgian musician of gypsy ethnicity, who created a style of fusion of gypsy music and jazz.
This quartet, formed by Ian Mucznick (voice and acoustic guitar), João San Payo (voice and acoustic bass), Luis Bastos (voice and clarinet) and Alcides Miranda (acoustic guitar), recreates the radio hits of the 1910s and 1920s.
The following day, the guitar duo Mano a Mano, of the Madeiran brothers André and Bruno Santos, performs, followed by the French guitarist Tchavolo Schmitt.
Guitarist and composer Bruno Santos (born in 1976) was the pedagogic director of the Luiz Villas Boas Jazz School of Hot Clube de Portugal and directs the Hot Clube Jazz Septet. In his own name, he has edited the albums "Wrong Way" (2005), "TrioAngular" (2007), "Ensemble" (2013) and "Caixa de Música" (2013).
Guitarist André Santos (1986) completed his master's degree at the Amsterdam Conservatory, and in 2013, he edited his debut album, "Ponto de Partida", accompanied by musicians Ricardo Toscano, João Hasselberg and João Pereira. The second album came out in 2016, "Vitamin D", recorded as a trio with Tristan Renfrow (drums) and Matt Adomeit (double bass).
On the 20th Anglo-French jazz violinist Daniel John Martin and Romane, the stage name of French gypsy guitarist Patrick Leguidecoq, born in Paris in 1959, perform.
The Festival closes with Manouche Station and Dança Blues & Swing Lisboa.
Manouche Station emerged in 2015 on the initiative of musician João Novais and specialises in the interpretation of themes from the European jazz repertoire from the 1920s and 1930s, strongly influenced by the repertoires of musicians Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli (1908-1997).
The Manouche Station is formed by João Novais (double bass), Gonçalo Mendonça (guitar), Paulo Rosa (guitar) and João Silva (violin) and will be accompanied by dancers from the Blues & Swing Lisboa dance school.
The Almada Manouche Festival had a zero edition in 2021 and a first edition in May last year.
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Agency : LUSA Date : 2023-03-25 12:15:00
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