Carlos Azevedo
Carlos Azevedo (29 March 1949 – 26 October 2012) was a Portuguese composer and pianist. Biography Having studied composition with Jorge Peixinho in Lisbon, he was a 20th-century music composer and a jazz pianist. As a teacher and director of the Jazz School at the Hot Club of Portugal, he taught and influenced many Portuguese musicians. Among others, he has been accompanied on stage by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award winner for Best Original Score in 2005), Steve Potts (jazz musician), Steve Potts, Carlos Alberto Augusto, Paleka and Maria João (singer), Maria João. He performed in several Music Festivals such as the Bruges Jazz Festival in Belgium. An inspired melodist and intriguing harmonizer, his musical style was based on the fusion of several musical idioms and in this domain his work with traditional fado forms and improvised music is considered particularly unique and relevant. Prizes He won a “Gold Leopard” Award for B ...
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