JOSÉ DIAS
Genres: Classic Fusion, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Eclectic Fusion • Portugal

JOSÉ DIAS [guitar, compostion, researcher] is part of the emerging new generation in Portuguese contemporary jazz. He has worked with numerous jazz, world music and pop musicians and performs now mainly with his quartet and trio. Dias performed with David Murray in Lisbon in July 2012. In 2013 he released two albums: "360" and "Magenta" [Sintoma Records]. In 2015 he recorded his third album in Edinburgh: "What Could Have Been" [Sintoma Records | 2016].    As composer, Dias has scored music for several plays, contemporary dance performances and animation films.  His music is strongly inspired by the visual arts and literature. His projects deviate from the traditional language of jazz, and explore the dialogue between various contemporary sound universes, where experimentation is assumed as a central element.    José Dias is an associate researcher at Institute of Ethnomusicology INET-md, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he has developed research on jazz education in Portugal and on read more...