Jota P
Saxophonist Jota P., musician from São Paulo who has played in more than 20 countries with Hermeto Pascoal, excites with his improvisations.
Jota P. started playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and at 12 was already working as a professional musician in carnival charangas and country dances in the countryside.
Since then, he became a member of the legendary Hermeto Pascoal Group and played alongside great musicians such as Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Arthur Verocai, Nenê, Filó Machado and Thiago Espirito Santo.
With three albums, “Jota P.”, “Em Ritmo de Mudança” and “Quaresma”, he is one of the most expressive musicians of his generation due to his own style of improvising.
Jota P. has already performed with his group in important festivals in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, he also performed in jazz houses in São Paulo. His group is formed by Gustavo Rocha on drums, Danilo Silva on guitar, Gabriel Biel on electric bass, Wellington Sancho on percussion and Luiz Gabriel on trompete. Jota P. leads the band and plays saxophones and flutes. All group members play more than one instrument.
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The show "Jota P", lasts 1h30, and celebrates the 26 years of the musician's career.
The show shows a large repertoire of his own songs, which tell the musical history of Jota P, in his 3 released albums.
From jazz to Brazilian music and tributes to the indigenous people, JP creates sweet melodies over simple and beautiful harmony, or tells a story about a simple theme in odd time signatures and dissonant harmonies without losing his originality.
Establishing dialogues, which enable a greater connection between everything that is happening at the moment of the sound and the energy coming from the public, sometimes JP merges one song into another.
The songs featured will be:
From the album Jota P: Chega de Siricutico ,
From the album Em Ritmo de Mudança: Vem ver ,
and from the álbum Quaresma: Chipa,
Estadão, SP
““Its woodwind musician, Jota P., is one of the best instrumentalists to step on the Festival" (Rio-Montreux)."
John Arnett, LON
"Jota P (sax and flute) dominated the feel of this often complex song, especially in soprano."
Gregor Dotzauer, DE
“Jota P. stands out. Dances away with a sharp beam, always at the end, on soprano and tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo flute, jazz licks and blow-over noise from the sizzling crowd."