Hernâni Faustino

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Hernâni Faustino (* before 1977) is a Portuguese jazz and improvisation musician ( double bass ).

Live and act

Faustino began to play autodidactically as a bass guitarist in rock bands since 1979, u. a. with the formation K4 Quadrado Azul , with which he won the national competition of the Portuguese Youth Institute in 1988. In the following years he worked with the theater company O Olho and created live music for a play. In the 1990s he concentrated on the double bass and played in various improvisation bands, including a. until 2008 with the Variable Geometry Orchestra under the direction of Ernesto Rodrigues . He then founded the RED Trio with pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini , whose debut album of the same name was released on Clean Feed Records .

In addition, Faustino worked since then a. a. with John Butcher , Nate Wooley , Carlos Zíngaro , Rodrigo Amado , Jon Irabagon , Manuel Mota , Neil Davidson , Mats Gustafsson , Chris Corsano , Rob Mazurek , Taylor Ho Bynum , Harris Eisenstadt , Blaise Siwula , Daniel Carter , Federico Ughi , Floros Floridis and Dennis González . In the field of jazz he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 2006 and 2002.

Discographic notes

  • Ernesto Rodrigues , Neil Davidson, Guilherme Rodrigues, Hernâni Faustino: Fower (Creative Sources, 2009)
  • Nikolaus Gerszewski: Ordinary Music, Vol. 3 (2009)
  • Heddy Boubaker, Hernâni Faustino: Domino Doubles ( Re: KonstruKt , 2011)
  • RED Trio + Nate Wooley: Stem (Clean Feed, 2011)
  • Pedro Sousa / Hernâni Faustino: Falaise (Dromos Records, 2012)
  • Lotte Anker / Rodrigo Pinheiro / Hernâni Faustino: Birthmark (Clean Feed Records, 2013)
  • Jon Irabagon, Hernâni Faustino, Gabriel Ferrandini: Absolute Zero ( Not Two Records , 2013)
  • Luis Vicente, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernâni Faustino, Marco Franco: Clocks and Clouds (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ redtrio.info
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 27, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Faustino, Hernâni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese jazz and improvisation musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1977