• Free Improvisation Jam #5 – Nocturna Discordia

      Free Improvisation Jam #5 Soda Acústic Barcelona – March 30th 2016 The Jam before, the 4th, was a big crowd, difficult to organize and to listen to. But, with a few musicians, this 5th one brought down the statistics, an intimate Jam among friends. opening trio Oriol Roca – drums Diego Caicedo – electric…

  • Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

    Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

    Creative Sources 2016 Quasar was recorded during the Creative Fest 2015 -organized by the label Creative Sources- what made possible gathering  those 45 musicians for the recording. It was mostly freely improvised and briefly conducted by Ernesto Rodrigues. Read some reviews by:The Free Jazz CollectiveThe Squid’s EarAvant Music News Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction and harpMaria…

  • Free Improvisation Jam #4 – Nocturna Discordia

    Free Improvisation Jam #4 Soda Acústic Barcelona – February 24 2016 This was Nocturna Discordia #60 and the 4th free improvisation jam at Soda Acústic and, wow, what a big crew showed up this Wednesday, there were a total of 28 musicians including the opening trio! Was it for the flyer?? Once more the groups…

  • Jam de Improvisacion Libre – Nocturna Discordia #60

    Jam de Improvisacion Libre – Free Improvisation Jam #4 Opening the night The Sofreetos Nuno Rebelo – electric guitar Patxi Valera – drums Luiz Rocha – clarinets Soda Acústic Guilleries 6 – Barcelona February 24 @ 21h30 Jam de Improvisación Libre #4 A bit about the earliest jams here #1 – #2 – #3

  • 3rd Impro Jam @ Nocturna Discordia

    This was Nocturna Discordia #56 and the 3rd Free Improvisation Jam Session. Barcelona, 20 January 2016 The trio that opened the night was: Patxi Valera – drums Àlex Reviriego – double bass Luiz Rocha – soprano and bass clarinets Then, once again the routine was: 1. pick a name out of a hat; 2. throw…

  • Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

    Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

    Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon Video of the performance at the Creative Fest organized by Creative Sources at Galeria Zé dos Bois – ZBD Lisbon, 28th November 2015 Adriano Orrù – double bass Maria do Mar – violin Luiz Rocha – soprano and bass clarinets The drawing above was made…

  • 7 questions for Luiz Rocha

    7 questions for Luiz Rocha

    7 answers for Dave Foxall’s 7 Questions for A Jazz Noise “The first improvised music I heard in Barcelona came courtesy of Luiz Rocha’s bass clarinet, in a duo with drummer Marko Jelača at Club Cronopios. I’ve since had the good fortune to hear him play in a variety of situations, from small group improvising…

  • Diego Caicedo and Ilona Schneider at Sagrada Familia

    Diego Caicedo and Ilona Schneider at Sagrada Familia

    Some pics of Diego Caicedo and Ilona Schneider at Sagrada Família’s crypt. Manu Dimango is drawing. Barcelona January 16th 2016

  • MIA 2015 – Ensembles

    MIA 2015 – Ensembles

    MIA 2015 – Conducted Ensembles The complete recordings of the MIA 2015 Conducted Ensembles withAfonso Castanheira, Alvaro Rosso, Carlos Canão, Dario Nitti, Eduard Altaba, Francisco Andrade, François Choiselat, João Godinho, Laura Marques, Luis Fernandes, Luis Guerreiro, Nuno Morão, Nuno Ribeiro, Paulo Duarte, Paulo Pimentel, Pedro Castello Lopes and João Pedro Viegas.