ALMA TREE (RA KALAM BOB MOSES / VASCO TRILLA / PEDRO MELO ALVES)
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Multi-National

In 2020, alongside foundational references, the ever-unconventional Ra Kalam Bob Moses posted on a social network a list of some of his recent discoveries of drummers from around the world whom he considered creative and visionary. Among the mentioned names was Melo Alves, who quickly responded, indicating other drummers whose work he believed Ra Kalam could also appreciate. Among these was the Portuguese-Catalan Vasco Trilla. The links were established between three drummers who found in friendship and mutual respect the ideal vehicles to develop creative music through percussion. Thus, Alma Tree was born. Belonging to different generations, the three musicians navigate through the most stimulating streams of jazz and improvisation. Melo Alves, Ra Kalam, and Trilla are highly skilled rhythm practitioners, idiosyncratic, with unique characteristics that do not dilute but synergistically enhance when engaging in cross-pollination games that are known to originate but never where they flourish. Ra Kalam Bob Moses read more...