Susana Santos Silva

Susana Santos Silva at the Moers Festival 2016

Susana Santos Silva (* 1979 in Porto ) is a Portuguese jazz and improvisation musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , also flute ).

Live and act

Santos studied jazz trumpet at the Musikkolleg in Porto and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Reinhold Friedrich , Edward Tarr , Klaus Schuwerk and Klaus Braker until 2008 , then jazz performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory (diploma 2010), where she worked with Eric Vloeimans , Jarmo Hoogendijk and Wim Both worked. She played in the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (with Lee Konitz , Chris Cheek , Kurt Rosenwinkel and Maria João as guest musicians in CD productions), in the European Movement Jazz Orchestra ( EMJO Live at Coimbra , Clean Feed Records 2011) in the trio LAMA (with Gonçalo Almeida and Greg Smith) and in the Fire! Orchestra around Mats Gustafsson ( Ritual , 2016). In 2011 Santos released her debut album Devil's Dress (Toap). She also worked with bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg ( Almost Tomorrow , 2013, Clean Feed) and with her formation SSS-Q ( Songs from My Backyard , 2014). All About Jazz describes Santos as one of the most original and articulate voices in European avant jazz and non-idiomatic music.

Susana Santos Silva Quintet: Devil's Dress (Toap, 2011)
LAMA: Oneiros (Clean Feed, 2011)
Susana Santos Silva / Torbjörn Zetterberg: Almost Tomorrow (Clean Feed, 2013)
Santos Silva / Wodrascka / Meaas Svendsen / Berre Rasengan! (Barefoot Records 2016)
Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva This Love ( Clean Feed Records 2016)
Susana Santos Silva, Lotte Anker , Sten Sandell , Torbjörn Zetterberg, Jon Fält : Life and Other Transient Storms ( Clean Feed Records , 2016)
Susana Santos Silva: All the Rivers - Live at Panteão Nacional (Clean Feed, 2018)

Susana Santos Silva (2018)

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