In the last few years i've been working with several music situations as a sideman, meanwile i've been working in my compositions and it is time to do my first album. These ar t...
In the last few years i've been working with several music situations as a sideman, meanwile i've been working in my compositions and it is time to do my first album. These ar the musicians that will participate in this recording session:
João Paulo Esteves da Silva - Piano
António Quintino - Double Bass
Joel Silva - Drums
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Diogo Duque - Trumpet
João Moreira - Trumpet
Sofia Vitória - Vocal
About the author
Born in Leiria 1982. Joel Silva started to play in rock bands. He started his classical percussions studies E.M.O.L (Escola de Música do Orfeão de Leiria) were he studied with Rui Gomes and Manuel Campos. Later he went to Jazz and had workshops with Bruno Pedroso, Alexandre Frazão, Carlos Barretto, Marc Miralta, Mark Ferber, Daniel Freedman, Mark Turner, Peter Erskine, John Riley, Dan Weiss, Donald Edwards, Ari Hoenig e Billy Hart. In 2008 he graduated in Jazz at E.S.M.A.E (Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo) with the professor Michael Lauren. Joel Silva have been playing with musicians like Carlos Barretto, Maria João, Nuno Ferreira, Nelson Cascais, Bob Sands, Big Band H.C.P., Paulo de Carvalho, Matt Penman, Francesco Bearzatti, Júlio Resende, Kristin Korb, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Paula Oliveira, Will Vinson, Afonso Pais, Dave Ambrosio, Baptiste Trotignon, Bernardo Moreira, Franck Amsallem, Jon Irabagon, Marc Demuth, Perico Sambeat, João Moreira, Ole Morten Vågan, Mário Delgado, Luiz Avellar, Massimo Cavalli, Bruno Santos, Desidério Lázaro. Since 2004 he is present in Jazz Festivals such as Festival de Jazz da Alta Estremadura, Lagoa Jazz Festival, Festival de Artes de Macau, Festival Jazz Valado dos Frades, Universijazz Valladolid, Festival Jazz & Wine of Peace Collio, Clean Feed Fest, Seixal Jazz, Angra Jazz, Jazz em Agosto - in countries like Portugal, Holanda, Itália, Grécia, Angola, Macau, Espanha e EUA. Nowdays he teaches at JB Jazz and Hot Clube de Portugal.
