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HORACE SILVER by Carmen Souza

Eleven years after the death of Horace Silver, Carmen Souza and @bantu_men discuss the importance of Horace Silver's legacy. His music remains vibrant and deserves to be more widely recognised, especially within the Lusophone community. 

Souza states: "Horace Silver used his Cape-Verdean heritage as a bridge, not a border."

@bantu_men and Carmen Souza falam da importância do legado de Horace Silver , 11 anos depois da sua morte. A sua música está bem viva e precisa de mais reconhecimento e divulgação nomeadamente no espaço lusófono.

“Horace Silver usou a sua herança Cabo-verdiana como ponte e não como fronteira “Carmen Souza

NEW VIDEO OF 'ST. VITUS' BY CARMEN SOUZA 

@JAZZNEWS MAGAZINE (FR) / SUMMER TOUR

Great article by French magazine @jazznewsparis !!!

June 2025 issue!

Check the LIVE DATES BELOW:

IT - PT - FR - AT

Port'Inglês tour

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26 June, Milan (IT) Blue Note off, Fondazione invernizzi SOLD OUT

28 June, Mirandela (PT) Live Station Festival

29 June, Waidhofen (AT) Waidhofen Jazz & World Festival

12 Jul, Padenghe sul Garda (IT) XXII Jazz on the road Fest, Piazza D’Annunzio

29 Jul, Toulon (FR) Toulon jazz fest

01 Aug, Sorbolo (IT) 30th Mundus Festival, Sorbolo Mezzani

05 Aug, Rome (IT) Casa del Jazz - Parco

06-11 Aug, Africa tba

PORT'INGLÊS EUROPEAN TOUR

PORT'INGLÊS EUROPEAN TOUR 24/25

Catch Carmen Souza and her AMAZING band on the road!!!

"The first European jazzwoman with African roots! Carmen Souza is the first to go beyond the traditional repertoire of her country of roots, to assert herself as a vocal JAZZWOMAN, that is, whose musical language and vocal technique belong in the jazz registry....Carmen Souza does what any accomplished jazz artist does: she puts her feet - or rather her voice - on her roots, to offer them branches and foliage that belongs only to her, of her creation. And her vocal technique is breathtaking, for example, when she goes into a scat, this way of improvising onomatopeias that is specific to the jazz register: she walks her voice between the acute and the grave with a virtuosity that belongs only to the greatest." Nadia Khouri-Dagher

Feature Mundo Negro Magazine

 

Destaque na Radio televisao de Cabo Verde & Jornal A Nação (CV)

Port'Inglês in the charts

We are so happy that radio stations and Journalists worldwide are embracing our new record - Port'Inglês- and sharing it with their audiences. Since its release in Oct, the album has charted every month on World Music Charts Europe (WMCE),  LIMúR: Lista Ibérica de Músicas de Raíz/Raiz Iberian Roots Music Chart and the Transglobal World Music Chart.

We start 2025 with the news that the album is included in the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik« (German Record Critics’ Award) 1/2025  nomination list for the Best World Music album. These awards are chosen by a panel of journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

 In DEC. 2024, the album reached number 5 on the World Music Charts Europe and number 2 on the Raiz Iberian Roots Music Chart, plus entered the WMCE top 40 of the Best World Music Albums of 2024 among 887 nominated releases.

 

Carmen Souza 's new album @BBCNEWS

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Carmen Souza Spanish tour to promote Port'Inglês

 

Other dates :

19 Nov, Victoria - Gasteiz (ES) Festival XIX Ondas de Jazz 

22 Nov, Madrid (ES) Teatro Fernando de Rojas Festival Internacional Jazz Madrid

23 Nov, Almeria (ES) Clasijazz

Port'Inglês NEW ALBUM+TOUR feat @Jazzthetik Magazine (DE) @jazzthing (DE)

FEATURE JAZZ THING MAGAZINE BY HELMUT HEUER 

Carmen Souza's latest album, Port'Inglês, has not been released yet, but two features in the main German Jazz magazines—Jazzthetik and Jazzthing—give a good insight into it.

JAZZTHETIK Magazin wrote:

"When music is described as ""academic,"" it is rarely meant as praise. Terms like "constructed", "sober" and "schematic" are too swinging. Carmen Souza proves with her album Port'Inglês, however, how emotional, joyful and lively music with academic roots can be. " Jazzthetik

"Port'Inglês" will be published on 27.09.2024.

Carmen Souza will be touring in October & Nov.! Here are the data:

2024

26 Jul, Viana do Castelo (PT) 33th Festival Jazz na Praca da Erva

Teatro Municipal Sa de Miranda

27 Jul, Bourges (FR)Jardin du Cardinal Lefebvre

14 Sep, Montijo PT) Blossom Jazz & Blues Fest

03 Oct, Schwäbisch Hall (DE) JazzClub

04 Oct, Wien (AT) Sargfabrik

05 Oct, Estarreja (PT) Estarrejazz Festival / Cine-Teatro de Estarreja 

11 Oct, Ravensburg (DE) Zehntscheuer Ravensburg e.V.

12 Oct, Innsbruck (AT) Treibhaus

15 Oct, Münster (DE) Hot Jazz Club

16 Oct, Aglantzia (CY) AglanJazz 2024

17 Oct, SOAS University (UK) Masterclass

31 Oct, Folkstone (UK) Ethnic Jazz Festival (concert+Workshop)

01 Nov, Bad Homburg (DE) Speicher

02 Nov, Kaiserslautern (DE) Kammgarn Kaiserslautern

14 Nov, Seville - Gines (ES) Teatro El Tronío 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla

15 Nov, Seville - Osuna (ES) Teatro Municipal 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla

16 Nov, Sebille - Marchena (ES) - Sala Carrera 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla

19 Nov, Victoria - Gasteiz (ES) Festival XIX Ondas de Jazz 

22 Nov, Madrid (ES) Teatro Fernando de Rojas Festival Internacional Jazz Madrid

23 Nov, Almeria (ES) Clasijazz

30 Nov, London (UK) Crazy Croqs

07 Dec, Tavira (PT) Casa do Povo de Santo Estevao 

2025

07 Feb, Grandola (PT) Festival Microsons, Teatro Cine Granadeiro 

08 Feb, Lagoa (PT) Auditório Carlos do Carmo

15 Feb, Portalegre (PT) Centro de Artes e Espectáculo ( CAE )

14 Mar, Paris (FR) Tbc

16 Mar, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (FR) 26th Festival Jazz à toute heure

10th May, Loule (PT) Cine Teatro Louletano

Concerto de apresentação do Festival MED.

24 May, Lisboa (PT) tba

28 June, Waidhofen (AT) Waidhofen Jazz & World Festival 

08 Jul, (PT) tbc

29 Jul, Toulon (FR) Toulon jazz fest