LAMA
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Classic Fusion, 21st Century Modern • Multi-National

Lama, trumpet, double bass, drums, is a young Portuguese-Canadian trio with a firm leg in Rotterdam and Porto. Lama is Susana Santos Silva, Gonçalo Almeida and Greg Smith. On Lamaçal, their second album on Clean Feed, recorded live during the Portalegre Jazz Fest, the trio features clarinetist/saxophonist Chris Speed as guest. Lama consists of three remarkable young musicians who in their own special way radiate a strong group identity. In a sovereign manner they handle a wide range of techniques and approaches well absorbed from the jazz tradition, albeit completely in the service of their own imagination and create – just like on their first album Oneiros – a fascinating sound. The collaboration with Chris Speed is the obvious extension thereof. Whether it’s an Ornettish piece such as Pair Of Dice or the funeral march atmosphere of Manta, the continued rolling generated from the title piece Lamaçal, the whale song read more...