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Rodrigo Amado is a musician and photographer based in Lisbon. Collaborating with projects in the most diverse musical areas, he chose to focus his own projects on total improvisation. His long span project, Lisbon Improvisation Players, and other groups he formed with, for instance, Ken Filiano, Steve Adams, Dennis Gonzalez, Carlos “Zíngaro”, Kent Kessler, Paal Nilssen-Love, Miguel Mira or Gabriel Ferrandini, all share the same method of opening the concept of real-time composition to as many perspectives as possible.
Some of the musicians he played or recorded with: Lou Grassi, Steve Swell, Herb Robertson, Lisle Ellis, Taylor Ho Bynum, John Hebert, Gerald Cleaver, Luís Lopes, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez, Paul Dunmall, Raymond Strid, Sten Sandell, Per Zanussi, Adam Lane, Joe Giardullo, Harris Eisenstadt, Jon Irabagon, Tomas Ulrich, Alex Cline, Bobby Bradford, Vinny Golia, Dominic Duval, Mike Bisio, Scott Fields, Daniel Carter, Federico Ughi, Chris Jonas, Michael Thompson, Wade Matthews, Gail Brand, Michael Attias, Andrew Drury, Sture Erikson, Rachim Ausar Sahu, Per-Ake Holmlander, Jan Roder, Elliott Levin, Mark Whitecage, Peter Epstein, Greg Moore, Phill Niblock, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Sei Miguel, Rafael Toral, Manuel Mota, Ernesto Rodrigues, DJ Ride, Carlos Barretto, Ulrich Mitzlaff or Nuno Rebelo, among many others.
DISCOGRAPHY
 | SEARCHING FOR ADAM Rodrigo Amado Taylor Ho Bynum John Hebert Gerald Cleaver Out Soon on Not Two Records |
 | MOTION TRIO Rodrigo Amado Miguel Mira Gabriel Ferrandini European Echoes |
 | THE ABSTRACT TRUTH Rodrigo Amado Kent Kessler Paal Nilssen-Love European Echoes |
 | SURFACE Rodrigo Amado Carlos Zingaro Thomas Ulrich Ken Filiano European Echoes |
 | TEATRO Rodrigo Amado Kent Kessler Paal Nilssen-Love European Echoes |
 | SPIRITUALIZED Rodrigo Amado Dennis Gonzalez Pedro Gonçalves Bruno Pedroso Clean Feed |
 | MOTION Rodrigo Amado Steve Adams ken Filiano Acácio Salero Clean Feed |
 | THE SPACE BETWEEN Rodrigo Amado Carlos Zingaro Ken Filiano Clean Feed |
 | LIVE LX MESKLA Rodrigo Amado Paulo Curado Marco Franco Pedro Gonçalves Acácio Salero Clean Feed |
SELECTED COLLABORATIONS
 | DENNIS GONZALEZ YELLS AT EELS Dennis GonzalezRodrigo Amado Aaron Gonzalez Stefan Gonzalez Ayler Records |
 | HUMANIZATION QUARTET Luis Lopes Rodrigo Amado Aaron Gonzalez Stefan Gonzalez Clean Feed |
| Full discography at
www.rodrigoamado.com | |
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