Jovino Santos Neto +Huw Warren
“Brazil meets Wales”
Jovino Santos Neto -Piano, flute, melodica
Huw Warren – Piano, Accordion
An extraordinary and entertaining musical encounter and world premiere between leading Brazilian musician Jovino Santos Neto and Wales’ own pianist and composer Huw Warren. Expect a fiery and energetic evening of Brazilian grooves, deeply lyrical melodies, and a humorous exchange of stories and folklore!
Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today. Currently based in Seattle, Washington, he has throughout his career been closely affiliated with the Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal. He was an integral part of Pascoal’s group from 1977 to 1992, where he fine-tuned his artistry, performing around the world and co-producing several legendary records.
Jovino’s personal style is a creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies, telepathic improvisation, lyrical melodies and great ensemble playing, always inspired and informed by the colorful richness of Brazilian music. His compositions include samba, choro,baião, xote, forró, marcha and many more styles, rooted in centuries-old musical tradition while pointing to new and adventurous harmonic languages.
Currently, Jovino leads his Seattle-based Quinteto and teaches piano and composition at Cornish College of the Arts. He can also be heard around the world as a piano soloist, working with symphony orchestras, jazz big bands, chamber music groups, and in collaboration with musicians such as his mentor Hermeto Pascoal, Bill Frisell, Paquito d’Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, David Sanchez, Joe Locke, Marco Granados and many more.
“ Jovino Santos Neto is among the most brilliant Brazilian musicians.”
Gennady Zalkovitch, director, Festival de la Butte Montmartre, Paris, France.
https://www.jovisan.net/
Award winning Welsh pianist and composer Huw Warren has achieved an international reputation for innovative and eclectic music making over a thirty year career. Equally at home crossing the often exclusive worlds of Jazz, World and Contemporary music; he has a distinctive and personal voice, and has collaborated with a huge variety of artists worldwide.
Huw has recorded 2 albums for ECM (as Quercus with June Tabor and Iain Ballamy) and recently released a new trio recording Everything In Between for CAM jazz . His previous albums and projects have included themes and source material as diverse as John Dowland, Welsh Hymns, Plainchant and Hermeto Pascoal.
He has always expressed the influence of Hermeto Pascoal (“Since I first heard Hermeto, I feel that a little bit of his spirit has been present in everything that I do!”) and has recorded his own versions of Hermeto’s music on his 2009 Hermeto+ recording (Basho) as well as with Italian singer Maria Pia de Vito (Dialektos and O Pato Pato) and also as the opening track of his 2018 solo piano release Nocturnes and Visions. In 2017 Huw recorded a version of Todo Sentimento with De Vito, guitarist Roberto Taufic and Brazilian superstar composer and lyricist Chico Buarque. His most recent recording (Everything in Between) mixes original compositions with new versions of music by Hermeto , Egeberto Gismonti, Edu Lobu and Pixinguinha.
“A European Stylist of the highest order” BBC music magazine
Special thanks to RWCMD Cardiff
www.huwwarren.co.uk