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Carlos Bica “11:11“ will be the opening act of the Jazzahead! 2025 showcases in Bremen.

Carlos Bica “11:11“ will be the opening act of the Jazzahead! 2025 showcases in Bremen.

Carlos Bica “11:11“ will be the opening act of the Jazzahead! 2025 showcases in Bremen.

Showcase: 24. April -14:00 – Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
 

The iconic jazz.pt magazine named bassist Carlos Bica's album 11:11 "Best Portuguese Jazz Album 2024"

The iconic jazz.pt magazine named bassist Carlos Bica's album 11:11 "Best Portuguese Jazz Album 2024"

The iconic jazz.pt magazine named bassist Carlos Bica’s album 11:11 “Best Portuguese Jazz Album 2024”

"I feel very honoured and grateful that all my three latest albums have been nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), namely the recently released album "11:11“ (Clean Feed Records).“ - Carlos Bica

"I feel very honoured and grateful that all my three latest albums have been nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), namely the recently released album "11:11“ (Clean Feed Records).“ - Carlos Bica

“I feel very honoured and grateful that all my three latest albums have been nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), namely the recently released album “11:11“ (Clean Feed Records).“

– Carlos Bica

New Album Out Now: Carlos Bica “11:11” (Clean Feed Records)

New Album Out Now: Carlos Bica “11:11” (Clean Feed Records)

28 june 2024

New Album Out Now: Carlos Bica “11:11” (Clean Feed Records)

Release date:  28 june 2024
 
Going through a strong momentum in his long career, Portuguese master bassist Carlos Bica comes with a new band this time an all Portuguese based one with Eduardo Cardinho on vibes, José Soares on alto saxophone and Gonçalo Neto on guitar and banjo. This band took a long time to make it on record and after a few personnel changes Carlos Bica really made a strong point about an all national team.

New Album Release: Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet, new album „Close to You“ is out now (JACC Records)

New Album Release: Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet, new album „Close to You“ is out now (JACC Records)

New Album Release: Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet, new album „Close to You“ is out now (JACC Records)

Release date:  16 September 2023
 
Close to You“ was live recorded in Sintra (Portugal), Badajoz (Spain), Tavira (Portugal), Sevilla (Spain) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).
 

Maria João and Carlos Bica are two inescapable references whenever Portuguese jazz is spoken about. After 10 years of playing together and many concerts around the world, their individual careers eventually led them down different paths. Now, 25 years later, they are reunited once again and joined on stage by Gonçalo Neto (guitar) and João Farinha (piano and keyboards). “Close to You” was recorded live in different cities in Spain and Portugal and was considered by the critics one of the best Portuguese albums released in 2023.

New Album Release: Carlos Bica „Playing with Beethoven“ feat. Daniel Erdmann, João Barradas, DJ Illvibe (Clean Feed Records)

New Album Release: Carlos Bica „Playing with Beethoven“ feat. Daniel Erdmann, João Barradas, DJ Illvibe (Clean Feed Records)

New Album Release: Carlos Bica „Playing with Beethoven“ feat. Daniel Erdmann, João Barradas, DJ Illvibe (Clean Feed Records)

A saxophone, an accordion, a double bass and a pair of turntables… and Beethoven? 

The «romantic» and especially melodic approach of Carlos Bica, who draws on jazz, classical music and the popular tradition of Portugal; the elegant and very free speech of Daniel Erdmann, built on the jazz tradition but committed to finding new paths; the many colors summoned by DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach), a prospector looking for the craziest fragments of sounds; the fascinating musicality of João Barradas, one of the most highly regarded and recognized European accordionists, capable of embracing the most diverse musical languages — this is the unusual cast that sets out to rediscover Beethoven’s legacy.

“Playing with Beethoven” was considered by Jazz.pt to be the Best National Jazz Album released in 2023 and was also nominated for Album of the Year by the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award).

I Am The Escaped One „…it’s the top of my list for 2019.“ # One Man’s Jazz

I Am The Escaped One „…it’s the top of my list for 2019.“ # One Man’s Jazz

I Am The Escaped One „…it’s the top of my list for 2019.“ # One Man’s Jazz

„I Am The Escaped One“ (2019) is the most recent album by bassist Carlos Bica. The album is uncategorisable, the saxophon’s Daniel Erdmann’s playing fits whatever the mood calls for, but it’s the work of turntable artist DJ Illvibe that turns this album on its head. DJ Illvibe is certainly the most inventive practitioner of his art that I’ve heard and I guess you might expect serious musical chops from the son of renowned avantgarde pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. Vincent von Schlippenbach throws in snippets of vocals, Vinyls, strange sounds, atmospheric bits that bounce off and mash with Erdmann’s hard-nosed Saxophone and Bica who constantly demonstrates just about every imaginable thing that a bassist can do with the accoustic bass. The only limits to this recording are probably one’s imagination.

“I highly recommend I Am The Escaped One and it’s the top of my list for 2019.“ – One Man’s Jazz, Maurice Hogue, Canada – “The 2019 Favourite Albums show”, January 2020