João Paulo Esteves da Silva
João Paulo Esteves da Silva (born May 17, 1961 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese pianist and composer who is particularly interested in jazz music .
Life
Esteves da Silva completed a classical piano training at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia , at the National Conservatory in Lisbon and from 1984 for four years with a scholarship from the Portuguese government in Paris. In 1986 and 1989 he gave concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York.
In Portugal he became known as a composer and arranger for musicians such as Pedro Ayres Magalhães , Cristina Branco , Vitorino and Sérgio Godinho . His main interest, however, was jazz music, and he founded his own trio with the double bass player Zé Eduardo and the drummer José Martins .
He worked with musicians such as John Stubblefield , Graham Haynes , Hamid Drake , Frank Colon , Claudio Puntin , Steffen Schorn , Michael Riessler , Jean-Luc Fillon and Peter Epstein and in a duo with the singer Paula Oliveira . In 1995 his debut album Serra sem fim appeared with the group Almas e Danças .
Discography
- Almas e Danças , 1995
- Ao vivo with Daniel Paulo , 1998
- O Exilio with Carlos Bica and Peter Epstein, 1998
- Almas with Carlos Bica and Peter Epstein, 1998
- Homenagem A , 1999
- Esquina with Peter Epstein, 2001
- Roda , 2001
- As Sete Ilhas de Lisboa with Paulo Curado , Bruno Pedroso , 2003
- Memórias de Quem , 2006
- COR ( Blue Serge 027 , 2010) with Claudio Puntin, Samuel Rohrer
- So Soft Yet ( Clean Feed Records , 2011) with Dennis González
- No Project Trio - Volume II ( FMR Records , 2016) with Nelson Cascais , João Lencastre
Web links
- Portrait (jazzportugal)
- João Paulo Esteves da Silva at Allmusic (English)
- João Paulo Esteves da Silva at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Esteves da Silva, João Paulo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese pianist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |