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Pedro Neves

Pedro Neves is a prolific Portuguese jazz pianist and composer, well-known for his acclaimed albums, as a leader of his piano trio or for his contribution to the work of many fellow musicians.

Nuno Catarino (Público journal and aformadojazz.pt), refers to Pedro Neves’s music as “some of the most beautiful and delicate jazz music made in Portugal”, reinforcing his natural predisposition to write songs with well-defined structures. With no boundaries whereas to genre or style, his compositions incorporate different grooves and soundscapes from his vast musical taste.

His debut album Ausente (2013) was very acclaimed in Portugal, taking part in the selected lists of jazz critics and specialized journalists as album of the year or the 13 must-have albums of Portuguese jazz, important rewards in a very discreet but plentiful path. Pedro Neves is stated as a musician with a “tasteful sense of melody and a marvelous balance between rhythmic and lyric élan” (TimeOut magazine). His work has caught the attention of Portuguese and international press, and has granted him an faithful audience in Japan, after Ausente was included in the prestigious Yasukuni Terasima’s Jazz Bar Selection. After the record Ausente, he has recorded 05:21 (2016), Murmuration (2019) and Hindrances (2022) as leader of Pedro Neves Trio, and many others alongside Lucia Martinez, Mariana Vergueiro, Bruno Macedo, Sónia Pinto and Puzzle3.


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Pedro Neves: 05:21

Read "05:21" reviewed by Jim Trageser


It is what it sounds like: West Coast jazz. It's probably worth pointing out, though, that the music found on Pedro Neves' sophomore album comes from the west coast of Portugal, not the United States. You'd never guess that this is Iberian jazz, though, just from listening to it. There's no trace of fado--that dark, smokey music of Lisbon. Not a guitar can be found, nor a single vocal. Instead, with a light, lithe playing style ...

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Pianist Pedro Neves releases "Ausente"

Pianist Pedro Neves releases "Ausente"

Source: Associação Porta-Jazz

Pedro Neves, one of the most prestigious pianists in Oporto (Portugal), is releasing Ausente, the debut album as leader of his trio. It's music sums the work Pedro Neves developed side by side with Miguel Ângelo (db) and Leandro Leonet (d) along the past few years and states the maturity these three wonderful musicians have been seeking together. Pedro Neves has a wide musical background, which assigns this album with a great amount of singular choices within his jazz vocabulary. ...

“The result is a modern, daring album, but that maintains at all times the values that bring the lyric of the piano, emotion and improvisation. Highly recommended.”

Jazzeseruido - Spain

 

“Overall, this is a delightful album from start to finish, which creates a relaxed and caressing atmosphere, so much needed in this time of perpetual noise, and is still able to carry a highly musical message, which goes straight into the heart. Wholeheartedly recommended!”

Adam Baruch – Poland

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Primary Instrument

Piano

Location

Porto

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Hindrances

Carimbo Porta-jazz
2022

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Murmuration

Carimbo Porta-jazz
2019

buy

05:21

Carimbo Porta-jazz
2016

buy

Ausente

Carimbo Porta-jazz
2013

buy

Hindrances

From: Hindrances
By Pedro Neves

Murmuration

From: Murmuration
By Pedro Neves

Ausente

From: Ausente
By Pedro Neves

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