"Carmen made a great connection with the crowd as she hypnotized us with her velvet, thick voice and incredible range. With the intense lighting and phenomenal acoustics inside the cave, ones breath was simply taken away." GMG, UK
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Sunday, 19 June 2016
EPISTOLA SUMMER TOUR 2016
The Summer is almost here and EPISTOLA will be sent to Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany!
Saturday, 18 June 2016
CD EPISTOLA 4STAR REVIEW@EVENINGSTANDARD-UK
The new CD Epistola gets a 4 Stars review @EveningStandard plus #jazzCD of the week spot:
"4STARS: Carmen Souza & Theo Pascal - Epistola, review: 'a gem’
"4STARS: Carmen Souza & Theo Pascal - Epistola, review: 'a gem’
Souza and Pascal's seventh collaboration creates songs that
swing, prick, and soothe
A Portuguese born jazz singer/songwriter of Cape Verdean
descent, Souza smoulders on this seventh studio collaboration with bass virtuoso
Theo Pascal, whose stark, expressive playing and compositional knack merit
their own album.
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The duo’s longtime empathy is palpable here, as is their
love of jazz, with Souza’s grit-and-sparkle vocals making shapes through songs
that swing and prick and soothe.
Horace Silver’s Cape Verdean Blues is lent intimacy by
vocals, guitar and bass and sass by Souza’s self-penned lyrics; a band
including Craig Yaremko on horns and Empirical drummer Shane Forbes keep the
jazz flag flying on tracks such as Afro Monk, a lament for the late great
Thelonious, and Moonlight Serenade, the album’s other signature cover. A gem." JANE CORWALL
Friday, 17 June 2016
CarmenSouza&TheoPascal EPISTOLA CD launch@KingsPlace-London - UK
CD EPISTOLA was officially released in UK on June10 (Discovery Records) and to celebrate the release there was a special concert @KingsPlace on June16....another great concert feat Nathaniel Facey on Sax and Shane Forbes on drums.
Fantastic night @carmensouza album launch @KingsPlace tonight. @theopascalmusic - amazing musicianship around the board.— Sam Barnett (@sambarnettsound) June 16, 2016
Thanks to @carmensouza + @theopascalmusic + their amazing drummer & saxophone player for an outstanding show @KingsPlace tonight. Wonderful.— Mette Slot Johnsen (@MetteSmette) June 16, 2016
Sunday, 5 June 2016
CarmenSouza&TheoPascal meet The Residentie Orkest @TheHagueAfricanFestival 04June 2016-NL
The first concert of SouzaPascal duo with an Orchestra
playing their original repertoire.
What a wonderful collaboration and amazing concert.
"Grootse opening The Hague African Festival
Met Residentie Orkest ft Carmen Souza & Theo Pas'cal
Het beloofde al op voorhand een bijzonder concert te
worden:#CarmenSouza & #TheoPascal in samenwerking met
het#ResidentieOrkest. Oftewel de opening van The Hague African Festival 2016.
Oftewel klassiek meets wereldmuziek en jazz in een bijzondere combinatie.
Een groot publiek wist gisteren de weg naar het
@Zuiderstrandtheater zeker te vinden. In een goed gevuld theater was het vanaf
de eerste minuut puur genieten van het gedreven Afro/jazz duo. Carmen Souza
& Theo Pascal genoten zelf ook zichtbaar van hun eerste optreden met
een groot klassiek orkest. Het was alsof hun muziek nog meer diepgang kreeg
middels de vermenging met de virtuoze klassieke klanken.
Het publiek was in het begin wat afwachtend. Pas toen Carmen
Souza de mensen opzweepte met wervelende klanken was het enthousiasme daar.
Vooral tijdens het nummer Afrika klapten en zongen de mensen mee en lieten zich
meeslepen.
The Hague African Festival kijkt terug op een mooie openingsavond
2016 met Carmen Souza en Theo Pascal. Het was het begin van een aantal mooie
evenementen die de komende tijd nog gaan komen"
The HagueAfricanFestival
"What is striking is the clear voice of singer Carmen
Souza, a huge range hair tools. In several pieces she resembles a young Ella
Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan. But, partly by singing in Portuguese, also insists
Ellis Regina as a thought for comparison. Not the least of names in order to be
compared with. Meanwhile, the wing is swapped for guitar, bass a bass guitar
and Cabo Verde used as a hymn to the Cape Verde Islands. Where the voice of
Carmen Souza higher seems to be than in the previous pieces.
Theo Pascal.
In several tracks that run the huge number of tempo changes
is striking. Of inciting to 'laid back', in the same number. Without
hesitation, executed to perfection. Vida Facil get beautiful string
arrangements discussed. It is played almost dreamy, a wonderful combination
with the own voice Souza, splashing pure, clear and powerful. Certainly in this
piece is the previously mentioned comparison with Ellis Regina around the
corner. Where the orchestra fills the parties in masterly fashion."
JAN PIET HARTMAN
+PHOTOS OF CONCERT:
Rehearsal photos by Patricia Pascal:
Friday, 3 June 2016
Carmen Souza & Theo Pascal @NOS Met het Oog Op Morgen-NPORADIO1 - NL
Promotional work at National Dutch radio for the concert of CarmenSouza&TheoPascal with the Residentie Orkest:
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