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Amaro Freitas - Aurora

1,939 views · Published 19 October 2018 · 10:18 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: Far Out Recordings · 2018 · Music

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Amaro Freitas 'Rasif' is available on Vinyl, CD & Digital from the links below


Far Out Shop: https://www.faroutrecordings.com/collections/all/products/amaro-freitas-rasif-2018
Bandcamp: https://amarofreitas.bandcamp.com/album/rasif
iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/uk/album/id1429825202?at=1l3v9Tx&app=itunes

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ToKUqpDqUw5Imnh1oCjNf

In the sweltering North-Eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco lies the coastal city of Recife, where Amaro Freitas is pioneering the new sound of Brazilian jazz. For the prodigious young pianist, the spirit of his hometown runs deep. From the Afro-Brazilian maracatu born on the sugar plantations of slavery, to the high intensity carnival rhythms of frevo and baião, Amaro’s heavily percussive approach to jazz is as indebted to these Pernambuco traditions as it is to Coltrane, Parker and Monk.

Following his critically acclaimed debut album Sangue Negro (black blood), the title of hissophomore release Rasif is a colloquial spelling of Amaro’s home town. A love letter to hisnative northeast, Amaro explores its traditional rhythms through the jazz idiom, employing complex mathematical patterns reminiscent of some of the most challenging works by fellow Brazilian masters Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti and Moacir Santos.

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