About Jazz Harmonica players’ intellectual masturbation If you play jazz harmonica for more than 20 years as I do, one really forgets about all the difficulties that one had to overcome. Of course I went through (and still go) through many difficult moments. I remember me smashing a...

My jazz harmonica initiative got reality today! The site www.jazzharmonica.org is live now. When I started studying jazz on the harmonica 22 years ago, I was all on my own. I had lessons with some classical and popular chromatic harmonica players but their ideas about style and technique...

The beauty of unpredictability. On how simple things turn into complex systems. And on how simple complex systems are. About the relationship between order and chaos. About one fact that is inevitable and the driving force behind diversity: unpredictability.

My inspiration to play and compose music comes from philosophy, physics, mathematics, computation, visual modern arts and the lives of special and ordinary people. The things that make me wonder make my music sound wonderful. Here an example of a documentary that for me is full of new ideas to...

Interesting how the art world works (a BBC documentary that turns out to be a commercial for British art) … but somehow I like the body of work of Jenny Saville a lot.  

Glenn Gould’s performance is part of our message to space! Here the wonderful portrait written, directed, and narrated by Vincent Tovell and Eric Till. No longer available on tape nor DVD. If it is, please let me...

One of the most exciting groups in the international brazilian jazz scene. A heart moving album with unique compositions that are a refreshing blend of samba jazz, bossa nova and impressionistic classical influences. ArtWork (physical CD...

In 2009 I started composing for classical musicians combined with a jazz ensemble and samples of real life sounds. On top of that I improvise on the harmonica. The compositions are insprired by my life here in Brasil. The result is what could be called “chamber jazz” and the album...

I’am proud to be sideman and one of the main soloists in this remarkable band around singer Fulvia di Domenico.   Fulvia was born in Rome, Italy, and grew up travelling between Africa, France, Spain and Italy itself. She studied languages and literature at the University in Rome but...

The Exotic Voice of World Jazz! I’m very happy to be featured artist for this amazing singer from Portugal; Maria Joao Mendes.   Official Website: http://www.mariajoaomendes.com “Get to know the voice that enchanted Quincy Jones.” – Jornal de Notícias, Portugal “(…)...