"The Dudes" João Pedro Viegas: bass clarinet, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax Miguel Mira: cello, fatum bass João Lucas: piano Abdul Moimême: tenor sax, guitar Bruno Parrinha: alto clarinet, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax Rodrigo Amado: tenor sax, alto sax Armando Gonçalves Pereira: acordeon Emidio Buchinho: electric guitar, effects João Parrinha: drums Francisco Medina: guitar and many other ocasional players
"Rive Gauche" João Pedro Viegas: bass clarinet, alto sax Bruno Parrinha: alto clarinet, tenor sax Jorge Lampreia: soprano sax, flute João Lucas: piano Eduardo Raon: harp Carlos "Zíngaro": violin, electronics Abdul Moiméme: electric guitars Miguel Mira: electric bass Hernâni Faustino: double bass Carlos Santos: electronics, live processing João Parrinha: drums, objects Emidio Buchino: sound design
"Viegas/Parrinha/Mira trio" João Pedro Viegas: bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax Miguel Mira: cello João Parrinha: drums, objects
""Não ..."
João Pedro Viegas: bass clarinet
Bruno Parrinha: alto clarinet, clarinet
Influences
John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, ,Albert Ayler, Charles Gayle, Steve Lacy, Thelonious Monk, Paul Bley, Archie Shepp, Mal Waldron, Dewey Redman, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Joe Maneri, Mat Maneri, Leroy Jenkins, Bill Dixon, Julius Hemphill, Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann, Alex Von Schlippenbach, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ahmad Jamal, Andrew Hill, Anthony Braxton, George Russell, George Lewis, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Billie Holliday, Chris McGregor, Marilyn Crispell, Dave Burrell, David Murray, David S. Ware, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Don Cherry, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano, Glenn Spearmann, Jimmy Hendrix, Don Van Vliet, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, Frank Zappa, Jimmy Lyons, Dennis González, Peter Evans, Joe Harriott, John Carter, Lol Coxhill, Marion Brown, Milford Graves, Roswell Rudd, Paul Dunmall, Frode Gjerstad, Rudi Mahall, Wade Matthews, Keith Tippett, Noah Howard, Paul Rutherford, Roland Kirk, Sam Rivers, Sunny Murray, Rashied Ali, Carlos "Zíngaro", Ernesto Rodrigues, John Stevens, "The one and only" Sun Ra, Otomo Yoshihide, The Residents, Tony Oxley, Tom Waits, John Tchicai, Tim Berne, Wadada Leo Smith, and many others...
He is a self-taught saxophone player, author, composer, lead singer and saxophonist of the following groups: “Ethnos”, “Dr. Estranho Amor” and “Just Jazz Friends”.
Studies jazz theory since 1983, as well as instrument technique (alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet and clarinet
As a musician, João played in concert with Rashiim Ausar-Sahu, Megan Biermen, Paulo Curado, John Gruntfest, Jack Duval, Ben Stapp, Rodrigo Amado, Abdul Moiméme, Ernesto Rodrigues, Sei Miguel, Fala Mariam, Nuno Rebelo, Rafael Toral, D’incise, Diatribes, Matthew Goodheart, Carlos “Zíngaro”, Miguel Leiria Pereira, Ulrich Mitzlaff, Miguel Cabral, Emídio Buchinho, Benoît Moreau, Nuno Reis, Miguel Mira, João Lucas, António Chaparreiro, Marcello Maggi, Johannes Krieger, Jorge Lampreia, Peter Bastiaan, Patrick Brennan, Hernâni Faustino, “Monsieur Trinité”, Luís Desirat, João Camões, Pedro Geraldo, António Gomes, Francisco Borges de Sousa, Ramiro Evanhanga, Miguel Falcão, Adriana Sá, Guilherme Rodrigues, Eduardo Lala, Bruno Parrinha, João Parrinha, Ricardo Freitas, Gil Gonçalves, Armando Gonçalves Pereira, Jorge Trindade, André Gonçalves, João Castro Pinto, Carlos Santos, João Silva, Pedro Roxo, José Oliveira, Mara McGrath, Olympia Boule, Eduardo Raon, Cyril Bondi, Eduardo Chagas, Miguel Bernardo, Lizuarte Borges, Nuno Torres, Alípio Carvalho Neto, Jean-Marc Charmier, José Lencastre, Luís Vicente, Luís Lopes, Pedro Castello Lopes, Jorge Oliveira, Miguel Martins, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Nuno Moita, Plan, César Burago, João Ricardo, Ivan Cabral, Gabriel Ferrandini, Tiago Ribeiro, Chiara Picotto, Pedro Portugal, Damian Stewart, Diogo Palma, Fernando Lyra, José Pessoa, Pedro Sousa, Guilherme Leal, Daniel Marques, Nuno Catarré, Flak, Vera Mantero, Filipe Valentim, Alex Cortez, Gonçalo Almeida, Nuno Lima e Luiz Moretto.
He is a member of the “Variable Geometry Orchestra”;
Ex-member of the ensemble “Potlatch”;
Ex-member of the ensemble “Kronstadt”;
Member and founder of the ensemble “Rive Gauche”;
Member of the ensemble “The Dudes”;
Member of the quintet “Woods”;
Member of the trio “Viegas/Parrinha/Mira”;
Member of the clarinet duo “Não ...”
Member of the "Granular" association;
As a Journalist:
He was a permanent collaborator of "All Jazz" magazine, as a jazz critic and since 2003, he writes for the Spanish website "Tomajazz", reviewing concerts and jazz records.
He also collaborates with the Zine "Oro Molido" and writes for the magazine "Jazz.pt" since its beginning.
As a Musical Programmer:
He was the artistic director of “Jazz ao Centro – Encontros Internacionais de Jazz de Coimbra”, in 2003 and 2004
We’re a new label from the San Francisco CA. bay area named Happy Note Records & we just wanted to say hi to the myspace community. Here’s a video from our live performance at AHA nights August 2008 featuring saxophonist Rick Britto.
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