RED trio

2010/03/01, Clean Feed Records ( CF168)
Rodrigo Pinheiro: piano
Hernâni Faustino: doublebass
Gabriel Ferrandini: drums and percussion
The Red Trio is quite a unique case in the Portuguese jazz and improvised music scene. The free music played by Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano, prepared piano), Hernâni Faustino (double bass), and Gabriel Ferrandini (drums, percussion) have no attachment to anything else presented in the little European country known for its unusually dynamic jazz, improvised and experimental scenes. And even considering a wider scenario, few piano trios existing in the world can be comparable to what we find in this debut CD. Firstly, because this isn't really a piano trio. The pianist is not the central figure here, even if we imediatly recognise Pinheiro's resourceful and virtuosistic capacities, and the rhythm section, well, isn't in fact a rhythm section, the bass and the drums always intervening side-by-side with the harmonic instrument. This is indeed collective music, with no hierarchical roles for the intervenients, and conventions like melody and pulse are generally subverted, or replaced by textural instant constructions. In the middle of all the abstractions created, the connections with jazz are not lost – truth is they surface with a welcomed evidence. Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor are recognisable, if distant, influences. The same we can say about the references to contemporary classical music, and namely to Messiaen and Ligeti. This is very intense music, sometimes even violent, but with space for detail. Quite a surprise, indeed.
Reviews
Grego Applegate Edwards, Gapplegate Music Review (2010/04/04)
The result is more avant noise than piano trio. I find it refreshing and exhilarating.
Tom Hull, Tom Hull - on the web (2010/22/03)
Za sve one koji vole muziku pijanističkih džez trija, ali žele da čuju nešto novo i drugačije.
Predrag Vlahović, Jazzin.rs (2010/16/03)
...el potencial del trío es superior a la suma de sus partes.
Pachi Tapiz, Buscando un Nombre (2010/29/06)
Stef Gijssels, Free Jazz (2010/26/02)
Red traditionally means stop. In the case of this creative trio it unequivocally connotes go.
Derek, Master of a Small House (2010/24/03)
This is daring, edge-of-seat stuff.
The Stash Dauber, The Stash Dauber (2010/20/02)
Uma das mais originais propostas nacionais no domínio da improvisação.
Nuno Catarino, Ípsilon - Público (2010/31/05)
Other News
- Concerts in Belgium and Slovenia
- Konfrontation Festival
- RED trio Fall Tour
- RED trio @ CCB
- RED trio + John Butcher @ JeA
- Poland tour
- "North And The Red Stream"
- RED trio @ Teatro do Bairro
- VDU Jazz Connections Festival
- Rebento - Out now
- RED trio @ Festa do Jazz
- OUT.FEST
- Jazzfestival Saalfelden
- Stem - OUT NOW
- Jazz.pt 2011 Awards
- The NYC Jazz Records 2011 Awards
- Ipisilon best Jazz records 2011
- Jazz and More Festival - Romania
- RED trio at Cinecoa Festival
- Empire - OUT NOW
- Jazz.pt interview
- Jazz.pt 2010 Awards
- Ipsilon best Jazz records of 2010
- All About Jazz NY 2010 Awards
- RED trio at Kaleidophon 2011
- RED trio at "Jazz em Agosto"
- RED trio + John Butcher in Spain
- RED trio at New York and Chicago
- RED trio with John Butcher tour
- RED trio at Utrecht Jazz Fest
- New album at clean feed is out