JOÃO PAULO (JOÃO PAULO ESTEVES DA SILVA)
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Latin Jazz • Portugal

João Paulo was born in Lisbon in 1961; he’s the son of a pianist mother and a philosopher father. In 1979 he played at the Cascais Jazz Festival in a band called Quinto Crescente. In 1984 he concluded his Piano course at the National Conservatory of Music and travels to France, where he stayed till 1992. In 1993 João Paulo records his first album, “Serra sem Fim”, under the label Farol. In 1996 he meets producer Todd Garfinkle, from M.A. Recordings, with whom he develops a long-lasting collaboration, until 2001, documented in six records. On this year, urged by Carlos Bica, he records his first solo piano album, “Roda”, for French label L’Empreinte Digitale. In 2003, he begins his work with label Cleanfeed. His album “Scapegrace”, in duo with Dennis Gonzalez, was awarded the Authors Prize SPA, as “best album 2009”. Throughout the years, he worked in partnership with a large number of musicians, in concerts read more...