Trumpeter Matthew Halsall returns to Portugal with a new work that will be presented live at Casa da Música, Oporto and Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon. The CCB concert will be double, with Makaya McCraven performing on the same night. The same ticket gives access to both concerts.
Matthew Halsall, man at the helm of Gondwana Records, is preparing to return to our country with a new project. The acclaimed trumpet player, who is said to have achieved the feat of crossing the universes of Pharoah Sanders and Cinematic Orchestra, continues his quest for the most spiritual terrains of jazz with “An Ever Changing View”, which is already the tenth title in his discography in a personal capacity.
Live, Matthew performs in front of a renowned ensemble of Manchester based musicians such as Matt Cliffe (sax & flute), Alice Roberts (harp), Jasper Green (piano), Gavin Barras (bass), Alan Taylor (drums) and Sam Bell percussion. The equally renowned Chip Wickham is the guest saxophonist and flautist of this expansive ensemble.
In the new concert, in addition to refined material from his new album, Matthew Halsall travels through his already considerable discography, exploring jazz from a modern sensibility, never forgetting that the spirit and the body are always connected.
Misty Fest returns with its 14th edition next November and the first name announced is Makaya McCraven, one of the main protagonists of the current movement of jazz renewal that has poles in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago or London.
Producer and drummer Makaya MacCraven has released an acclaimed discography under his own name through the renowned International Anthem, but has also responded to calls from other important labels on both sides of the Atlantic. The musician who in 2018 answered the question “Where We Come From” with an album with the same title and the parallel designation “Chicago Vs. London Mixtape” worked right then and there with renowned soloists such as Kamaal Williams or Nubya Garcia. In the same year, “Universal Beings” confirmed the vigour of his entire musical vision, continuing on his path of crossing jazz with hip hop and other languages.
In 2020, London’s XL Recordings challenged him to remix and reimagine Gil Scott Heron’s last album with the result, “We’Re New Again”, earning widespread applause from the press. Next in his already vast discography was the challenge from the historic New York label Blue Note to decipher the message by reworking a series of classics from their mythical catalogue, from Wayne Shorter to Art Blakey. And for this he invited new jazz values such as Jeff Parker, Matt Gold or Junius Paul. He also participated in “The Chicago Experiment” alongside modern giants such as Marquis Hill or Joel Ross and in 2022 he launched his most ambitious and acclaimed project, “In These Times”, one of the records of the year in many jazz publications. Now, the visionary musician makes his debut in Portugal, showing that the present and the future are really his time, with what will certainly be one of the most awaited concerts of the year.
