The Jazz em Agosto festival continues until August 10, featuring 13 more concerts across venues such as the Open-Air Amphitheater, the Main Auditorium, and Auditorium 2 of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
This Friday, William Parker, Cooper-More, and Hamid Drake will perform “music for sunrise and sunset, everyday music, tuned to heal any ailments (more spiritual than physical) through sound,” as they described on the Gulbenkian website.
In the Heart Trio, the three musicians, “longtime collaborators since 2012 in the quartet In Order to Survive,” explore “a connection to ancient African and Eastern music, adopting instruments like the ngoni, shakuhachi, duduk, or self-made instruments, creating hypnotic music with a strong connection to the earth.”
You can view all the musicians performing at Jazz em Agosto here.
Who will be participating in this year’s edition?
Pianist Kris Davis will perform at the festival on Saturday in a trio format, with bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Jonathan Blake.
On the same day, Portuguese musician Rafael Toral will present the album “Spectral Evolution,” released last year.
Saxophonist Darius Jones returns to Jazz em Agosto on Sunday to present “Legend of e’Boi (The Hyperviligant Eye),” the seventh chapter of his epic ‘Man’ish Boy’ series, in a trio format with bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Gerald Cleaver.
Also on Sunday, composer and DJ Mariam Rezaei will perform, featuring guitarist Julien Desprez and drummer Lucas König as guests.
On Monday, the Luís Vicente Trio takes the stage, with the Portuguese trumpeter joined by bassist Gonçalo Almeida and drummer Pedro Melo Alves.
The following day, Portuguese bassist João Próspero will present his debut album, “Sopros,” released last year, accompanied by guitarist Joaquim Festas, pianist Miguel Meirinhos, and drummer Gonçalo Ribeiro.
The trio MOPCUT, consisting of improviser Audrey Chan, guitarist Julien Desprez, and drummer Lucas König, performs on August 6.
The trio will be joined at Jazz em Agosto by the experimental rap group Dälek and activist and vocalist Moor Mother, both featured in the album “RYOK,” released this year.
Pianist Pat Thomas returns to the festival on August 7 “with a group that brings together a superb selection of musicians from London’s most daring contemporary scene.”
The X-Ray Hex Tet includes, along with Pat Thomas, violinist Bill Steiger, drummer Crystabel Riley, artist and director Edward George, drummer Paul Abbott, and saxophonist Seymour Wright.
Guitarist Shane Parish will perform twice in this edition of Jazz em Agosto. On August 8, he will appear with the avant-rock trio Ahleuchatistas, which also includes bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Danny Piechocki, and the next day solo, swapping electric guitar for acoustic.
On August 9, the Thumbscrew trio, composed of guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara, will also perform.
The 41st Jazz em Agosto concludes on August 10 with performances by the Patricia Brennan Septet and the duo Elias Stemeseder and Christian Lillinger.
The Patricia Brennan Septet also features saxophonists Jon Irabagon and Mark Shim, trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, bassist Kim Cass, drummer Dan Weiss, and percussionist Keisel Jimenez.
