Carlos Bica - Matéria Prima '2010

Tracks list

Tracks

1. D.C.
2. Bela Senão Sem
3. Believer
4. For Malena
5. Iceland
6. Schlager
7. Cancão Número Dois
8. Roses for You
9. I Think Ive Met You Before
10. Paris Texas

Personnel

Carols Bica: double bass
Matthias Schriefl: trumpet, flugelhorn, melodica
João Paulo: piano, keyboards, accordion
Mário Delgado: electric guitar
João Lobo: drums, percussion


Carlos Bica + Prima Matéria confirms Bica as one of Portugals most important
jazz musicians and reaffirms his key role in the development of new perspectives
for Portuguese jazz. The CD is packed with songs recorded at three memorable
concerts in three memorable locations, Culturgest, Casa da Música, and the
Orient Museum.
In this project, one of the most challenging of his career, Bica gives rein to
his enormous talent as an arranger and songwriter, achieving a remarkable
balance between folk elements and a unique vision for modern jazz. In eight
original songs and two covers - one from Marc Ribot and a Ry Cooder classic,
Paris Texas - all conceived as launching pads for improvisation, Carlos Bica +
Prima Matéria is a kaleidoscope of strong emotions and is a brilliant
document of unique events.
For these concerts Bica, who is an established jazz bassist in Portugal and
Berlin (he splits his time between these two locations), recruited three
versatile Portuguese musicians, pianist João Paulo, guitarist Mário
Delgado, and drummer João Lobo. To that stew he mixed in the young trumpeter
Matthias Shriefl,a rising presence in the new German jazz. Together they expand
Bicas extraordinary musical universe, a constellation that spans jazz, blues,
rock, pop and ambient music. This original sound world moves the listener
through the landscapes of the great spaces, evoking artists as diverse as Ry
Cooder, Michael Nyman, Radiohead, Carla Bley, Bill Frisell, and Tom Waits. With
a discography punctuated by such standout recordings as Azul (considered by many
to be the great album of Portuguese jazz), Believer and Single (exceptional solo
bass recording), Bica continues to innovate and surprise.
Here he continues a multifaceted career that has led him to collaborate with
artists such as Maria João, Carlos do Carmo, José Mário Branco,
Camané, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, Janita Salomé, Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler,
Aki Takase, Lee Konitz, Alexander von Schlippenbach , Albert Mangelsdorf, Joey
Baron, Matthias Schubert, John Zorn, Paolo Fresu, and Markus Stockhausen, among
many others. What surprises him more than their individual qualities as
musicians, he says, is the emotional intelligence that distinguishes the
different ways of telling a story through the raw material that sound is. ~
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