Rodrigo Amado Northern Liberties - We Are Electric

by Rodrigo Amado, Thomas Johansson,Jon Rune Strøm, Gard Nilssen

About This Release

A recording by Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado's Northern Liberties project, uniting him with Norwegian players including trumpeter Thomas Johansson and bassist Jon Rune Strøm. Released by Not Two in 2021, the album extends Amado's series of trans-European meetings, his warm, robust tenor leading a freely improvising group that bridges the Portuguese and Scandinavian scenes.

Tracklist

1Spark17:18
2Ignition12:18
3Activity12:30
4Response5:24

Recorded at Lisbon, Portugal on July 11th 2017

Line-up

Rodrigo Amadotenor saxophone
Thomas Johanssontrumpet
Jon Rune Stromdouble bass
Gard Nilssendrums

Critical Reception

insistently free jazz' — nothing dated about this music

<a href='https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/01/rodrigo-amado-northern-liberties-we-are.html' target='_blank' rel='noopener' style='color:#c2622c;'>Read full review at The Free Jazz Collective</a>

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