SEMINÁRIO COM WILL VINSON E OLE MORTEN VAGAN Júlio Resende International 4tet- ANGRAJAZZ

O seminário realiza-se na Escola de Jazz Luiz Villas-Boas, dia 6 Outubro às 16h e é gratuito para alunos/sócios HCP. 10 euros para os restantes pagos até às 15h30 do próprio dia. Nota: o acesso ao seminário está limitado ao nº de vagas da sala. Para reservar lugar aconselhamos o pagamento com antecedência na Escola HCP (tratar com Bruno Santos – brunosantos@hotclubedeportugal.org ou Inês Cunha). Os interessados devem trazer instrumento.

Will Vinson - sax alto
Ole Morten - cbaixo
Julio Resende - piano
Joel Silva - bateria


Will Vinson é um dos saxofonistas mais requisitados da cena Nova-iorquina e por muitos considerado um dos melhores da sua geração. Co-lidera um grupo com Kurt Rosenwinkel e tem sido distinguido por toda a crítica internacional com presença marcada em Festivais de Jazz de todo o mundo.
Ole Morten Vagan é o audaz contrabaixista que lidera o grupo Motif e um dos mais requisitados contrabaixista dos países nórdicos. O seu talento já lhe valeu concertos com Joshua Redman e John Scofield.



Will Vinson - Biography
Originally from London, Alto Saxophonist/Composer Will Vinson moved to New York City in 1999, and has remained there ever since. Since his arrival, he has appeared and/or recorded with Mike Stern, Ingrid Jensen, Chris Potter, Geoff Keezer, Lage Lund, Ari Hoenig, John Benitez, Seamus Blake, Vincent Herring, Alan Ferber, Victor Lewis, Ron Affif, Aaron Parks, Daphnis Prieto, and many others.

Will is a member of a number of leading New York ensembles, including drummer Ari Hoenig’s Quartet (Will features on Inversations, Ari’s CD on the Dreyfuss label), trombonist Alan Ferber’s nonet (2 CD’s out, Scenes from an Exit Row and The Compass on the Fresh Sound New Talent label), Thelonius Monk Competition winner Lage Lund’s Quintet and Pedro Giraudo’s Mr. Vivo, an Argentine Jazz ensemble with 3 CD’s under it’s belt.
Will has an international reputation as a leader and sideman. All About Jazz New York describes Will as playing “with a relentless force”. After a performance at the Pizza Express Soho in London, Jack Massarik (London Evening Standard) described Will as “the thinking man's alto saxophonist... Britain's Greg Osby”, and John Fordham of the Guardian described a “superb solo of rugged leathery sounds turning into mellifluous high notes, his secure control and storming energy occasionally reminiscent of Bobby Watson.” Time Out London calls will an “exciting young altoist”.

Will has released 2 CD’s as a leader/composer. It’s For You (Sirocco Jazz, 2004) was described as “combining a thoughtful originality of conception with energy and fluidity of execution in very satisfying proportions” (Jazzwise magazine), and “an auspicious debut, an album that is as mature in its conception as it is in its execution” (All About Jazz New York).
Will’s newly released CD, Promises (NineteenEight Records), has already been described as “impressive” and “
coolly restrained” by Nate Chinen of the New York Times.
Will has appeared with his own group and as a sideman in the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Australia and Japan. His musical experience has not been limited to Jazz. Will is a member of Rufus Wainwright’s band, which toured for 10 months in 2007/8. He has also performed and/or recorded with Sufjan Stevens, Sean Lennon, Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton and Harper Simon.

Will's saxophone playing is executed with incredible power and dramatic sensitivity, and is characterized by his imposing sound and technique; influenced by saxophonists from Cannonball to Chris Potter, he nevertheless brings his own unique approach to every performance. Will's writing, and the playing of his colleagues, combines a great respect for the century-long jazz tradition with explorations into the rhythmic, harmonic and melodic realms of contemporary forms.
Will’s latest CD, Promises, was released on April 3rd. It features Lage Lund and Aaron Parks.

http://www.willvinson.com/

Press Quotes:

Spectacular... The thinking man's alto saxophonist” --The Guardian “Impressive... cooly restrained” --The New York Times
“Secure control and storming energy” --The Guardian
“Combines a thoughtful originality of conception with energy and fluidity of execution in very satisfying proportions” --Jazzwise
“Plays with a relentless force” --All About Jazz
“As mature in conception as in execution” --All About Jazz
“An exciting young altoist” --Time Out

Ole Morten Vågan (1979)

Ole Morten Vagan criou desde cedo uma forte reputação no panorama jazzístico norueguês, enquanto excelente compositor / arranjador e contrabaixista. A sua fantástica articulação faz dele um contrabaixista apreciado em várias constelações, nomeadamente por Bugge Wesseltoft. Tem realizado concertos com alguns dos principais músicos na Noruega, como Tore Brunborg, Audun Kleive, Arve Henriksen, Maria Kannegaard Trio, Håkon Kornstad, e estrelas internacionais como Joshua Redman e John Scofield, e faz parte de uma próspera comunidade no novo jazz Norueguês. Entre suas inspirações encontrará o jazz de Charlie Mingus e Miles Davis, ou a electrónica de Aphex Twin e Squarepusher, e compositores como Ligeti e John Cage.

http://www.myspace.com/olemortenvagan