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Phantom Trio (Tavares / Almeida / Martins): #00 (Creative Sources)

An excellent jazz album using diverse styles bridging free and lyrical playing from the trio of Sergio Tavares (bass), Fabio Almeida (sax) and Joao Martins (drums), playing in and out of the jazz idiom and augmenting Almeida's sax with electronics in compelling ways.
 

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Sergio Tavares-doublebass

Fabio Almeida-alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, electronics

Joao Martins-drums

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UPC: 5609063403602

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs360
Squidco Product Code: 22066

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2016
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded on May 2nd and 3rd, 2015, by Alexandre Moreira.
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Artist Biographies

"Fábio Almeida, renowned musician and composer/arranger of Jazz in the new Portuguese generation, based in Porto, was born in Paris and grew up in Vila Real, where he had his first contact with the saxophone. Graduated in Jazz by the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Porto and Master in Music Teaching by the same, he has numerous high-profile musical collaborations such as: Hugo Carvalhais, João Martins, Mário Costa, Liudas Mockunas, Ralph Alessi, Jacam Manricks, George Colligan, Josh Ginsburg, Samir Zarif, Lars Dietrich, John Escreet, Zack Lober, Greg Ritchie, Tiago Nacarato, António Zambujo, Salvador Sobral, Bárbara Tinoco, Marta Ren, Souls of Fire, Mundo Secreto, HMB, among others, with whom he shared some of the most beautiful concert halls in Portugal and Europe. His musical compositions stand out (as leader or co-leader) for Phantom Trio, Pãodemonio, Orquestra Bamba Social and Tiago Nacarato. He is currently a professor of Saxophone and Improvisation at the Pallco Conservatory (Porto) and at the Calouste Gulbenkian Music Conservatory (Aveiro)."

-Look Closer (Translated by Google) (https://lookclosersessions.com/fabio-almeida/)
10/27/2025

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