Portugal...what else?

Portugal what else?! Of course! it's my country!

Spring is back! Here am I taking a walk near the Atlantic Ocean, or walking on the park  of Fundação de Serralves,- may be sit down a bit on the lovely terrace on 1st floor - taking  a cofee and reading a book. 

If time is not so fresh, I would like to take the bike and follow the Douro river riding on the cycle track from Foz do Douro (Atlantic Ocean) until Ribeira (Douro river). 

Oh, yes, the sky is splendid,
So blue as it now,
The air and light are blended,
Oh yes, hot, anyhow,(...)

Fernando Pessoa, The Happy Sun is Shining,

90 last Poems, 22.11.1935

G-Souto

27.02.2011

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(in a shining sunday, listening 'Here Come de Sun' featured by Sarah Menescal

here)

Formanek & Malaby at Casa da Musica

Photo: Scott Friedlander 2008

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This evening I've been at Casa da Musica  to listen Michael Formanek and Tony Malaby projects.

The Rub And Spare Change

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Michael Formanek is a creative improvising bassist and a resourceful jazz composer. He brought inspired performances from his cohorts. Since 2003 he became a full-time faculty member in John Hopkins University's Jazz Studies Department.

His quartet, the musicians Tim Bern (sax ) Craig Taborn (piano) and Gerald Cleaver (drums).  Craig Taborn is one of the most exciting pianist in the jazz idiom.

Photo: Scott Friedlander 2008

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He combines highly adventurous playing with the traditional jazz functions of rhythmic and harmonic understanding. He is a prestigious composer and  interpreter of bass.

The concert had two parts and presented two projects. Tony Malaby was on the first part of the concert and Formanek was on the second part of the evening! Three hours of a contemporary jazz of high quality. 

Saxophonist Tony Malaby is rapidly becoming one of the most impressive artists of his generation. The musicians Haker Flaten (bass) well known in the european jazz improvisation scene and Ches Smith (drums) fascinating approach of contemporary drumms.

Tony Malaby

Photo Willie Daves/ NYT

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A free jazz concert! They are impressive jazz musicians and wonderful in the improvisation art!


We could sent the sound of the  jazz clubs of New York city in Guilhermina Suggia room! 

I'm not a free jazz fan! But I've the sensitive feeling to admire the quality of those musicians who are the best in contemporary jazz, listenig their live performance. 

“the formidable American bass-player Michael Formanek’s solo set ranks with the great solo bass performances.” 

The Guardian

"Mr. Malaby has a broad sound and jumbled phrasing, working up to split-tones and smeary whistles."

New York Times

G-Souto

31.10.10

(musical break in a sunday night)

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VII Encontro Nacional sobre Tecnologia Aberta - Linux 2010

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Lisboa acolhe, no próximo dia 30 de Setembro, o VIII Encontro Nacional sobre Tecnologia Aberta – Linux 2010, um “evento que pretende difundir uma alternativa de desenvolvimento tecnológico sustentado através da utilização de software livre”, reflectindo sobre a oferta de produtos e soluções no sector.

http://imgs.sapo.pt/

O painel de oradores conta com nomes como Gabriel Coimbra (IDC), Paulo Trezentos (Caixa Mágica), Santiago Madruga (Red Hat) ou Fernando Resina da Silva, da Vieira de Almeida e Associados, para falar da perspectiva legal-jurídica do open source, numa lista que conta com dois convidados “mistério”. 

Pode consultar a agenda aqui, e saber as últimas notícias na área do software livre ou um vídeo sobre o Linux 2009, que dá já uma perspectiva para o que pode ser a edição deste ano

www.eventolinux.org

The "VIII National Meeting on Open Technology - Linux in 2010", sponsored by Sybase and Caixa Mágica, is an event that aims to spread an alternative of technological development supported through the use of free software, adding several partners who reflect the broad range of products and solutions in this sector.


This year the event will occur again in the Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa - LISPOLIS in Telheiras, Lisbon, on September 30, 2010. Read more here




G-Souto
23.08.10
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