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Luis Lopes – electric guitar _<\/p>\n _<\/p>\n Formed by the Portuguese Lu\u00eds Lopes<\/span> and Rodrigo Amado<\/span> with the Texan brothers Aaron and Stefan Gonzalez<\/span>. Rooted in jazz, the band practices in a dynamic way a music that can run from the simplest melody to noise, or from the most organic improvisation towards more targeted composition, never losing sight of its primary objective of conceptual construction and implementation of an identity. This is reflected since their first \u201cHumanization 4tet\u201d<\/span> debut album, edited by the Portuguese label Clean Feed, named best album of 2008 by Portuguese magazine Jazz.pt. Plus, the add of more two records: \u201cLive in Madison\u201d<\/span> and \u201cElectricity\u201d<\/span>, both edited by the French label Ayler Records, and more recently “Believe Believe” (resulting from their latest tour in the U.S. and recorded in New Orleans), all internationally acclaimed.<\/p>\n They have been doing a long road, playing In Portugal<\/span> at Jazz em Agosto Fest \u2013 Gulbenkian Foundation, Festival Jazz ao Centro Coimbra, Seixal Jazz Fest, Al\u00e9m Tejo Santo Andr\u00e9 Festival, Festival Festa do Jazz Portugu\u00eas-S\u00e3o Luiz Lisboa, ZDB Gallery, Passos Manuel and Sonoscopia Porto, CCB Lisbon, Teatro Bairro Alto\/Lisbon, Hot Club Portugal, SMUP Parede, among other venues and concert halls.<\/p>\n On the last European Tour<\/span> they played: Ausland Berlin, Saarbrucken Free Jazz Fest, Videoex Festival\/Z\u00fcrich, Ruimte\/Amsterdam, The Singer\/Rijkevorsel, Speicher\/Leer, Stilwerk\/Trondheim, Blow Out at Haerverk\/Oslo, Brotz\/Gothenburg, Pardon ToTu Warsaw, Alchimia Krakow, Klub Dragon Poznan, Festival Artacts St Johann Tirol..<\/p>\n In the U.S.<\/strong> they have made three tours on the road<\/em><\/span>, playing in places such as: Sandaga Market, Phoenix Project, RCB Mixtape Sessions (Dallas); Firehouse Gallery, Lola\u00b4s (Fort Worth); The Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Trailer Space Records, Me Mer Mo Series (Austin); Avant Garden, Project Row Houses, Spruce Goose (Houston), Mustard Zone (Denton); Desert Flower (Big Spring); Minicine (Shreveport); Spinster Records (Tulsa); Blue Nile, Chickie Wahwah, Zeitgeist, Snug Harbor, Side Bar, Allways Lounge (New Orleans); Bobo Gallery, (Asheville); Eyedrum Gallery (Atlanta); Bossa (Washington); Fiume, Leroy\u2019s Lounge, Osvaldo Romberg Studio, Wherehouse (Philadelphia), Union Pool Brooklyn, Downtown Music Gallery, The Stone (New York), Hideout (Chicago), Audio For the Arts (Madison). The photographer Ant\u00f3nio J\u00falio Duarte<\/span>, as been present in all the Humanization 4tet tours, documenting and creating a unique pictorial universe that results in exhibitions and book editions<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \n \u201cIn a happy conjunction between Lisbon and Dallas (Texas), ever since 2008 this Luso-American quartet has been making an intense, dry and radical music which owes as much to free jazz as it does to punk rock. Soon catapulted to and applauded in the international circuit, LLHQ excel by their degree of collective improvisation built around themes\/riffs in healthy proportions, giving birth to a very physical and warm music.\u201d – Rui Neves Jazz \/<\/span> Agosto Fest<\/strong><\/span>, Lisbon, Portugal 2011<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201ccapt\u00e9 en Louisiane en 2018, est la nouvelle manifestation du Lu\u00eds Lopes Humanization Quartet<\/strong>, qui marie l\u2019\u00e9nergie du rock coriace aux h\u00e9ritages du jazz et free jazz. Sonorit\u00e9 colossale, s\u00fbret\u00e9 des \u00e9nonc\u00e9s, Rodrigo Amado (ts) est une locomotive, et sa complicit\u00e9 avec l\u2019intr\u00e9pide Lopes (elg) garantit le coup de tabac. Aaron et Stefan Gonzalez (b, dm), non contents d\u2019exceller \u00e0 leur poste, apportent des compos astucieuses. Petite dur\u00e9e, impact d\u00e9cupl\u00e9\u201d David Cristol \/ Jazz Magazine\u00a0 \u00a0[JAZZ CHOC!] France<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe music is a constant tug-of-war between punk metal and cool jazz. The electricity of improvised rock is countered by post-bop swing that reads as confusion, but is far from it\u201d Mark Corroto \/ All About Jazz New York<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTaking jazz and boosting it with the concentrated energy of punk and metal, they come out with a challenging and exciting piece of work [\u2026] This group is very tight and focused no matter how far out they go [\u2026] This was an excellent record with the band perfectly melding modern and free jazz with just the right amount of thematic material. They play brilliantly as a group, and just as well as soloists, making for a consistently interesting and exciting \u00e1lbum\u201d Tim Niland \/ jazz & Blues US<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBelieve, Believe is not restricted anywhere, but at the same time maintains a close focus [\u2026] Believe, Believe is a powerful statement: infused with the sweaty vibe of Live In Madison, but traced to a tight 35 minutes that groove, seduce, and slap you with a few punches that knock you back. Structure and freedom in a masterful balance, performed by a Portuguese-American alliance that tests the first element to the maximum and performs the second with a keen focus. In short, this is the shit you want to see live\u201d Guy Peters \/ enola magazine Belgium<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[\u2026] de fato, o quarteto soa como um grupo muito coeso e uno, com a participa\u00e7\u00e3o ativa de todos seus integrantes [\u2026] \u00a0“Believe, Believe” traz seis temas em que a est\u00e9tica do quarteto se revela em plena maturidade. Aqui n\u00e3o se trata de free impro. O Humanization 4tet parte de um campo free jazz\u00edstico ao qual adiciona elementos de outras vias expressivas a que tamb\u00e9m s\u00e3o ligados seus integrantes\u201d ****<\/strong>(*<\/strong>) Fabricio Vieira \/ FreeForm FreeJazz Brazil<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA four gentlemen meeting who obviously know each other well and at the same time are confident of each other after so many years, they challenge both each other and us, so it lasts [\u2026] The music is both free and structured, dynamic and exceptionally uncompromising – here nothing is spared. There is music here that is sure to speak to both a jazz audience, but also to rock people with open senses.\u201d Tor Hammero Norway<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJust what are the group’s virtues? Prime amongst them is the contrast between the crisp but simple themes and the exuberant free jazz which they engender. Even though Lopes’ name takes top billing, he doesn’t hog the limelight. Consequently the outfit convinces as a true band, something affirmed by the spread of writing credits among the foursome\u201d John Sharp \/ All About Jazz New York<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTenor saxist Rodrigo Amado grabs you from the very beginning of this set. His sound is big, he barrels ahead with great energy, his mainstream-outside lines suggest funky bop as well as it does post-Ayler, post-Trane […]Lopes is utterly rhythmically and harmonically free, now and then atonal. Guitar tones, chords sparkle out of nowhere, or he underlines, decorates, or mocks. His volume is down low, to emphasize the contrast. His brief solo passages are dotted with distorted-sound accents, which lend dramatic intrigue [\u2026]. The ballad \u201cShe\u201d is quiet enough to showcase Aaron. He\u2019s unamplified, he loves the true sound of the bass, but probably like most bassists between such strong drums and tenor, he doesn\u2019t project well. His lines are active and lyrical and his senses of free rhythmic movement and tonality match Lopes\u2019 instincts [\u2026], from beginning to end the album is filled with the percussion of Stephan, who suggests the dynamism and freedom of his former percussion associate Alvin Fielder. It\u2019s a thick, rich layer of sound that propels the others while remaining responsive, as in passing duets with Amado. The opening piece \u201cEddie Harris\/Tranquilidad Alborotadora\u201d is longest and shows Stephan, Amado, and Lopes at their best, with lyrical passages by Amado and quiet guitar fireworks\u201d John Litweiler \/ Point of Departure Canada<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n![\"AJD-02](\"http:\/\/www.luislopes.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Humanization-4tet-by-Antonio-Julio-Duarte-e1722011551768.jpg\")
<\/a>photo by\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio J\u00falio Duarte<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nRodrigo Amado<\/a> – tenor sax
\nAaron Gonzalez – doublebass
\nStefan Gonzalez – drums<\/p>\nNew cd<\/span>\u00a0 “LIVE AT SAARBRUCKEN”<\/strong> coming out soon!!<\/span><\/h2>\n
photo by\u00a0Nuno Martins<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nPress:<\/h2>\n
About “Believe Believe”, Clean Feed Records 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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