Current projects
Current projects
Recordings & Projects
Recordings & Projects
Recordings & Projects
Projects
Current projects
Oré
ORÈ is an Amsterdam-based quartet blending free jazz, contemporary, and Brazilian music. Its name, meaning “us” or “our” in the Tupi-Guarani language, reflects a collective spirit, where music unfolds between structure and freedom, shaped by mutual listening, risk and intuition.
Miguel Petruccelli - guitar
José Soares - saxophone
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - double bass
Onno Govaert - drums
Nefertiti
Oré
The group Nefertiti takes its name from the composition by Wayne Shorter, the musical poet whose dreams find their expression in such improbably shaped melodic lines. The group, which started in 2013 at the CRR Conservatoire in Paris, might look like a classic jazz quartet, but appearances can be deceptive. We could not be further removed here from those endless repetitions of ‘tune – improvised solos – tune again’. In Nefertiti, the dramaturgy is different. The form appears only when it needs to, after preliminary frolicking and shadow-play. Then, and only then, does the composition move forward. In a paradoxical and very appealing way, it is liberating. And that is because, once the free sounds have created their own tension, the arrival of melody and pulse brings certainty; and yet the line has the liberty to zigzag, to whirl about, and to be peppered with polyrhythms.
After two albums, « Danses Futuristes » from 2015 and « Morse Code » from 2018, the band has developed its collective sound, a process deepened by the touring they have done. The third album is to be released in 2022.
Delphine Deau - piano
Camille Maussion - saxophone
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - double bass
Pierre Demange - drums
Cacha Mundinho
Oré
Based in Amsterdam, Cacha Mundinho reimagines nearly forgotten musical routes. Through original songs that evoke the Iberian spirit and the Portuguese troubadour tradition, their music travels from North Africa to the Middle East, reaching as far as India and Brazil. Stories of these journeys — and of the musical encounters that emerge along the way — come to life through the compositions and voice of Joana Almeida.
Elements from Portugal, the Middle East, Africa, Brazil and Indian music intertwine with the improvisational freedom of jazz, creating a distinctive sound that pays tribute to the Lusophone world.
Joana Almeida - guitar, voice, compositions
Maripepa Contreras - oboe, english horn, duduk
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - double bass
Sjahin During - percussion
Adrian Moncada Sextet
"Inhabitable Imagination”, the first album of pianist Adrian Moncada Sextet, draws inspiration from his passion for architecture. Being an improviser and composer he considers himself a musical architect, where the musical architecture serves as a container for people's minds. It features a repertoire of original songs that are influenced by contemporary jazz - a term that serves as an umbrella for a lot of music that combines the rhythm, improvisation, and intention of the jazz tradition with the eclecticism of the times that we are living in. The camaraderie they have developed when playing can be reflected in the trust they have in each other when taking musical risks on stage. At times highly structured and composed, and others freely improvised and loose, the music never loses the thread of its narrative.
“With architecture as my source of inspiration, I would like to invite the listeners into my musical mind willing to excite their imagination, showing them sonic spaces that can feel grandiose, minuscule, geometrically strict or loose.”
Adrián Moncada - piano and compositions
José Soares - sax
Alistair Payne - trumpet
Federico Calcagno - bass clarinet
Nick Thessalonikefs - drums
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - double bass
OWL Man
Owl man is a large group led by pianist/improviser Nico Chientaroli, with its heart in free improvisation, composition, poetry and rock. Extracts of texts from Jorge Luis Borges, William Burroughs, Martin Calegari, among others, merged with hypnotic grooves, soulful blowing, abstract landscapes and rock blasts. ‘‘Jazz, rock, blues, South American, slam poetry, punk, experimental electronica and sound art. In short, an eclectic mix of surprising sounds from a musician who has already proven to belong to the experimental vanguard.’’
Hernán Samá – alto sax
Ziv Taubenfeld – bass clarinet
Jan Willem van der Ham – baritone sax
Miguel Petruccelli – guitar
Pau Sola - violoncello
Jarno van Es – electronics
Pedro Ivo Ferreira – electric bass
Onno Govaert – drums
Nico Chientaroli – voice, synth and piano
Maripepa Contreras Quintet
There are not so many jazz oboists but Maripepa Contreras is one of the few. The oboe is a wind instrument characterised by its warm and penetrating sound. Well, wait until you hear the conjuring improvisations of Maripepa Contreras! Maripepa is definitely something else in the best possible ways: Spanish roots, classically trained, with a jazz education and with a passion for Brazilian music. She presents this award-winning project (Downbeat magazine) based in Amsterdam with original compositions.
Maripepa Contreras - oboe, english horn, duduk, compositions
Federico Calcagno - clarinet, bass clarinet
Adrian Moncada - piano
Pedro Ivo Ferreira - double bass
Nick Thessalonikefs - drums
