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0DUFLR0DWWRV KWWSZZZPXVLFOD\IUHHVHUYHFRXN originally from Rio de Janeirohas become one of the most in-demand musicians on the London circuit and is a veteran of many groups such as Elton Dean`s and Eddie Prevost`s quartets. He has recorded and toured internationaly with various musicians like John Surman, Dewey Redman, Marylin Crispell and Evan Parker. He can be heard on several CD`s and records.  0DUWLQ%OXPH Has worked since 1983 as a performer and composer with several musicians and in different musical situations, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups including musicians like Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, Helmut Joe Sachse, Luc Houtkamp, Johannes Bauer, Conny Bauer, Marcio Mattos, Jay Oliver, Phil Minton, Lol Coxhill, John Butcher, Mario Schiano, Georg Graewe, Frank Gratkowski, Dieter Manderscheid, Hans Schneider, Wolfgang Fuchs, John Edwards, Werner Lüdi, John Russell, Chris Burn, Roger Turner, Axel Doerner, Horst Grabosch, Melvyn Poore, Earl Howard, Richard Teitelbaum, Jim Denley, Alfred Zimmerlin, Dorothea Schürch, Phil Wachsmann , Mats Gustafsson, Xu Feng Xia, Thomas Lehn, Fred van Hove, Wilbert de Joode, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Cor Fuhler a.m.o. Own projects include LINES with Axel Doerner, Jim Denley, Phil Wachsmann & Marcio Mattos, FOURinONE with Luc Houtkamp, Johannes Bauer & Dieter Manderscheid, AXON with Phil Minton , Marcio Mattos & Fred van Hove, “manufacts” with Georg Graewe, „2nd outlet“ with Luc Houtkamp & Cor Fuhler, Butcher-De Joode-Blume 3 and a Duo with Phil Wachsmann and Xu Feng Xia. Toured in Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, England, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, USA, Canada and Australia and performed at Festivals like: Ruhr-Jazz Festival Bochum 1990-1996 Jazz-Haus Festival Köln 1991 Open Systems Essen / Bochum 1997/2002 NOM-Festival Moers 1990 Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen 1993/1999/2001 Jazz Summer Bolzano 1994 AnKlänge Ansbach 1995 European Jazz Night Füssen 1996 Summer Jazz Fiets Tour Groningen 1996/2000 Illinger Burgfest für Neue Musik 1996 International Jazz Festival Vancouver 1996/2000 Les Nuits Black Quebec 1996 Jazz Herbst Konstanz 1996/1998 Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon 1997 Musique Action Vandoevre-Les-Nancy 1997/1999/2002 Densités Verdun 1999 What is Music? Festival Sydney, Melbourne 2000 Free Music Antwerpe 2000 Jazz à Mulhouse 2000/2003 Taktlos Basel / Zürich 2001 Bolzano Jazz & Other 2001 Fonoteca Files Lissabon 2001 Jazzfestival Glauchau 2002 Controindicatione Rome 2002 Line Space Line Festival Los Angeles 2003 Empty Bottle Festival Chicago 2003 Le Gipfel du Jazz Freiburg 2003… Jazzherbst Dachau 2003



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„...a fascinating highlight...Such a perfect working organism you rarely see...`Lines`creates tension without noise, pathos and exuberant emotions - their music seems to be light and playing.“ SAARBRÜCKER ZEITUNG 11/2/98

„great though and through...all sounded new and exciting, professional and with enthusiasm for experiments.“ Dagmar Schenk-Güllich, NEUE RUHR ZEITUNG 11/24/97

„one of the highlights of the Festival.“ Thorsten Wagner, POSITIONEN 43, I/98

„It's hard to say how the feeling of coherance washes so strongly off such music, but it surges smoothly along with such care for sound that it's impossible to ignore its claims.“ Will Montgomery, RESONANCE 1998

 „Le plaisir donné est inidieux comme un indiscriptible enrichissement des lignes de fuite“ Alexandre Pierrepont, IMPROJAZZ 57/99