Bernardo Sassetti
Bernardo da Costa Sassetti Pais (born June 24, 1970 in Lisbon ; † May 10, 2012 ) was a Portuguese pianist and composer who worked in the fields of jazz , classical music and film music .
Life
Bernardo Sassetti was the great-grandson of the former President Sidónio Pais . He began classical piano training at the age of nine. a. in the "Academia dos Amadores de Música" before he began a music career in 1987 in jazz. He first worked in local clubs (including the Hot Clube de Portugal ) and performed at festivals with Al Gray , John Stubblefield , Frank Lacy and Andy Sheppard . In the 1990s he stayed in London for a while, working with Guy Barker ( Into the Blue , 1995). In 1994 his first album was released under his own name. From the beginning of the 2000s he worked in Lisbon as a composer for film music, as the leader of a trio with the bassist Carlos Barretto and the drummer Alexandre Frazão, and as a soloist and in a duo with the pianist Mário Laginha , with whom he recorded the albums “Mário Laginha / Bernardo Sassetti ”and“ Grândolas ”recorded. Most recently he published his recordings on Clean Feed Records and Trem Azul .
Sassetti has also worked with Conrad Herwig , the Cuban band Sierra Maestra , Carlos Martins / Cindy Blackman , Luís Represas , Carlos do Carmo , Perico Sambeat ("Perico"), Guillermo McGill and Andy Hamilton. In 1999 he worked on the soundtrack The Talented Mr. Ripley as a pianist in the Napoli Jazz Septet and wrote film music for various works in Portuguese films , such as Quaresma by José Álvaro Morais or Maria e as outras by José de Sá Caetano .
Sassetti was nominated for the Mercury Award in 1995 .
He was married to the actress Beatriz Batarda , with whom he had two children.
On May 10, 2012, Sassetti had a fatal accident when he fell from cliffs near Praia do Guincho (near Cascais ). Since then he has been remembered again and again, for example in September 2012 in a series of concerts lasting several days with the Trio Bernardo Sassetti and guests at the Teatro São Luiz .
Discography
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- 1994: Salsetti
- 1996: Mundos
- 2002: Nocturno (Bernardo Sassetti Trio)
- 2003: Mário Laginha - Bernardo Sassetti
- 2004: Grândolas (with Mário Laginha)
- 2004: Indigo + Livre (double CD)
- 2005: Alice (soundtrack)
- 2005: Ascent (Bernardo Sassetti Trio2)
- 2006: Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon
- 2007: Dúvida (theater music)
- 2007: Trés Pianos (with Mário Laginha and Pedro Burmester)
- 2009: Um Amor de Perdição (film music)
- 2009: Palace Ghosts and Drunken Hymns (with Will Holshouser Trio)
- 2009: Second Life (film music)
- 2010: Motion (with Alexandre Frazão)
- 2010: Carlos do Carmo Bernardo Sassetti (CD + DVD)
- 2019: Solo
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: As Terças da Bailarina Gorda
- 2004: Once Upon a Time in Africa (A Costa dos Murmúrios)
- 2004: O Milagre segundo Salomé
- 2007: Antes de Amanhã
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Salwa Castelo-Branco: ENCICLOPEDIA da música em Portugal no século XX, P-Z . 1st edition. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, ISBN 978-972-42-4598-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernardo Sassetti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernardo Sassetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Bernardo Sassetti at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary at ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Público (Portuguese)
- ↑ expresso.sapo.pt
- ↑ www.destakes.com ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 8, 2012
- ↑ Chart sources: PT
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| SURNAME | Sassetti, Bernardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pais, Bernardo da Costa Sassetti (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2012 |