Amaro Freitas
Jazz
The next Amaro Freitas concert is scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2025 at Jazz in Marciac in Marciac, France. See all 4 upcoming concerts
Amaro Freitas's Popular Music Videos
About Amaro Freitas
Hometown
Recife, Brazil
Born
1991
Genre
Jazz
Amaro Freitas is a Brazilian jazz pianist and composer whose sound is rooted in the folk and ceremonial rhythms and harmonies from his country's northern region. His 2016 debut, Sangue Negro, showcased a percussive approach to the instrument that prized the Afro-Brazilian maracatu rhythm alongside the high-intensity carnival rhythms of frevo and baião, the bop innovations of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, and the modal sounds of John Coltrane. 2018's Rasif wed baiao and a particularly Brazilian strain of post-bop that swung so hard, it sounded like dance music. 2021's Sankofa showcased a yet more expansive aspect of his compositional style as he revisioned Brazil's historic folk styles and rhythms through the refracted lens of modern jazz. 2024's Y'Y offered solo pieces and select collaborations (Hamid Drake, Brandee Younger, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Parker) in compositions inspired by the pianist/composer's 4,600-km journey to Manaus, capital city of Amazonas.
Similar to: Amaro Freitas
Discover more music and artists similar to Amaro Freitas, like Pasquale Ivan Dante Rinaldi, Eucalyptus Treeo, Lisa Wulff
