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Emiliano Sampaio The Tourist 2014 Meretrio Press Release 2017 www.emilianosampaio.com/meretrio
Emiliano Sampaio
The Tourist 2014
Meretrio Press Release 2017
www.emilianosampaio.com/meretrio
MERETRIO was brought together in São Paulo- Brazil in 2004, as an initiative of EMILIANO
Sampaio (guitar and trombone), GUSTAVO Boni(acoustic and electric bass) and LUIS ANDRÉ
(drums and percussion), with the purpose ofresearching the diversity of moderninstrumental music.
Since its inception, the group has consistentlyexplored the creativity in instrumental music,developing a work that mixes Brazilianrhythms, jazz elements and chamber musicapproach.
In 2014 the trio invited six horn players fromGraz - Austria to record the album MereneuProject, which won the “Downbeat StudentAward” for Best 2014 Jazz Group.
In 2015 Meretrio released a new ambitiousalbum called “ Tourists ” with Big Bandinstrumentation, which won prizes from the“ Downbeat ” magazine and a compositionprize at the Graz Jazz Composition Contest.
MERETRIO has already played in the mostimportant brazilian jazz festivals :
Now, 14 years after its beginning, MERETRIO
releases two new albums in 2016: “Óbvio” asa trio and “The Forbidden Dance” as a nonet.
In a dialogue between the trios of the pastand present, it is evident that MERETRIO keepsdeveloping their music, never leaving behind asense of humour, creativity and the joy ofmaking music.
JAZZ NA FÁBRICA | São Paulo | 2014
SAVASSI JAZZ FESTIVAL | B. Horizonte | 2016
VIRADA CULTURAL | São Paulo | 2010
And in Europe :
MOST UND JAZZ | Austria | 2014
JAZZ REDOUTE | Austria | 2014
LAMANTIN JAZZ FEST | Hungary | 2014
JAZZ WERKSTATT | Austria | 2013
FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE | Germany | 2012
JAZZ FESTIVALSEARLY DAYS AND HISTORY NEXT YEARS
34. BAYERISCHES JAZZ WEEKEND | Germany | 2015
GENERALIHOF| Austria | 2015
MIKULASSKY JAYYOVY FESTIVAL | Slowakia| 2015
TEATRO OI FUTURO| Rio de Janeiro | 2016
DISCOGRAPHY
AND ALSO:
2015 | Austrian World Music Awards | CD compilation with the finalists from the Austrian World Music Awards 2015
2010 | Movimento Elefantes – DVDê | Brazilian big bands compilation DVD, participation of Projeto Meretrio as a nonet
2010 | Carol Montone – Marias e Josés | free improvisation over spoken poetry with Guga Stroeter on vibraphone and cuban pianist Pepe Cisneros
2011 | Movimento Elefantes – CDê | Brazilian big bands compilation CD, participation of Projeto Meretrio as a nonet
2011 | Brazil New Jazz Series | Brazilian new jazz bands compilations CD
MERETRIOdebut full length
as a trio2007
PROJETO MERETRIOnonet debut
2010
PEDRO ASSAD E MERETRIO, Na Cozinha
2010
MERETRIO2011
PROJETO MERETRIO,
SolistasBrazilian nonet
2012
MERENEU PROJECTAustrian nonet
2014
MEGA MERENEU PROJECT
big band2015
MERETRIOÓbvio2016
MERENEU PROJECT
nonet2016
Albums recorded in Europe...
“Conscious music, full of surprises, sort of Kurt Weill, Mingus, trying to get ridof the jazz tyranny, while creativity. This is what show Emiliano and hiscompanions.”
ROBERTO SION, conductor from the São Paulo Youth Jazz Orchestra, about Projeto Meretrio album (2009)
“...Emiliano Sampaio and his group havecreated something very special with thisrecording, and I hope that you enjoy it asmuch as I do.”
SOME WORDS ABOUT MERETRIO
“Watch out! They are coming... Pedro Assadand Meretrio are in the kitchen and bringingthe ingredients they acquired in theirproductive research, high energy, good taste,humor, courage, mixing it with the mastery ofa chef. Prepare your taste, buds, becausethere is food full of spices.”
PAULO BRAGA, coordinator from São Paulo Estate MusicSchool, about Meretrio Na Cozinha (2010)
ED PARTYKA, conductor of the HR Big Band (Frankfurt),about the CD Mereneu Project (2014)
“What a lovely track. The choppiness of theopening guitar notes leads into a languidballad that gets more dreamy as it goes along.Just beautiful.”
ALL ABOUT JAZZ, about the track Pé de Moça (onMeretrio, 2012)
“Meretrio is one of those groups that is notsatisfied with the common place, alwaysseeking out novelties, language andidentity...”ULISSES ROCHA, guitar professor at University of Florida
– USA, about Meretrio album (2007)
“„Meretrio is a cohesive unit that favours a tight, groove-oriented sound, but one that allows for immense freedom within that space.”
BRIAN ZIMMERMAN, Downbeat Magazin – About the Album „Óbvio” (2017)
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MUSICIANS
EMILIANO SAMPAIO(guitar and trombone)
GUSTAVO BONI(acoustic and eletric bass)
LUIS ANDRÉ(drums and percussion)
MEDIA INSERTIONS
Magazin GUK Austria - 2016
Downbeat MagazineDouble CD Review - 2016
MEDIA INSERTIONS
Concert at Bremen SendesaalGermany - 2016
CONCERTO MUSIC MAGAZINE, CD review, 2015
MEDIA INSERTIONS
Concert at Savassi Festival Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, 2016
Concert at Savassi Festival Belo Horizonte – Brazil, 2016
Jazz Festival - MikulasskySlowakia - 2015
34. Bayerisches Jass FestivalRegensburg (Germany) - 2015
MEDIA INSERTIONS
MEDIA INSERTIONS
Kleine Zeitung (Newspaper Culture section), 2014Downbeat Magazin
Review 2015
MEDIA INSERTIONS
GUK SUMMER SEMESTER 2013, edition cover, 2013
O ESTADO DE S.PAULO newspaper, Caderno 2 (Culture section),
section cover, 2010
JAZZ REDOUTE, Graz, 2014
MEDIA INSERTIONS
SAVASSI FESTIVAL 2011poster
CONCERTO MUSIC MAGAZINE, CD review, 2014 Kultur Magazine
CD review, 2014
