Susana Santos Silva (born 3 January 1979 in

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, Portugal) is a Portuguese

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and

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musician (

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, flugelhorn, and flute).

Biography

Santos studied jazz trumpet at the Music College in Porto until 2008 and then the

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Karlsruhe's University of Music (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in German) is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led th ...

with Reinhold Friedrich,

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, Klaus Schuwerk and Klaus Braker, subsequently Jazz Performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Diplom 2010), where she played with

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, Jarmo Hoogendijk and Wim Both. She played in the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (inter alia with Lee Konitz,

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and Maria João as guest musicians in CD productions), in ''European Movement Jazz Orchestra'' (''EMJO Live at Coimbra'',

Clean Feed Records Clean Feed Records is a jazz record label founded in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2001. The label's roster includes Ray Anderson, Tim Berne, Carlos Bica, Anthony Braxton, Mark Dresser, Ellery Eskelin, Peter Evans, Scott Fields, Fight the Big Bull, ...

2011) and in the Dutch trio ''LAMA'' (with Gonçalo Almeida and Greg Smith). In 2011 Santos released her debut album ''Devil's Dress'' (Toap). She is currently working with the bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg (''Almost Tomorrow'', 2013, Clean Feed) and with the ensemble SSS-Q (''Songs from My Backyard'', 2014).

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refers to Santos as one of the most original and articulate voices of European avantgarde jazz and non-idiomatic music.

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

; Susana Santos Silva Quintet (Demian Cabaud, Marcos Cavaleiro, André Fernandes, Zé Pedro Coelho) * 2011: ''Devil's Dress'' (Tone Of A Pitch) ; With Torbjörn Zetterberg * 2013: ''Almost Tomorrow'' (

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) ; With João Pedro Brandão, Hugo Raro, Torbjörn Zetterberg, and Marcos Cavaleiro * 2015: ''Impermanence'' (Carimbo Porta-Jazz) ; With Torbjörn Zetterberg and Hampus Lindwall * 2015: ''If Nothing Else'' (Clean Feed) ; With Santos Silva/ Wodrascka/ Meaas Svendsen/ Berre * 2016: ''Rasengan!'' (Barefoot Records) ; With Santos Silva/ Stadhouders/ Almeida/

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* 2016: ''Buku'' (Cylinder Recordings) ; With

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University f ...

, Sten Sandell, Torbjörn Zetterberg and

Jon Fält Jon Fält (born 28 August 1979 in Gävle, Sweden) is a Swedish drummer in modern jazz. Biography Fält was raised in Sandviken and had first music lessons with Stefan Bergkvist at the Kulturskolan. From 1990 he played in the ''Sandvik Small B ...

* 2016: ''Life And Other Transient Storms'' (Clean Feed)

Collaborations

; With The European Movement Jazz Orchestra * 2011: ''EMJO Live In Coimbra '' (Clean Feed) ; With LAMA * 2011: ''Oneiros'' (Clean Feed) * 2013: ''Lamaçal'' (Clean Feed), featuring Chris Speed * 2015: ''The Elephant's Journey'' (Clean Feed), featuring Joachim Badenhorst * 2017: ''Metamorphosis'' (Clean Feed), featuring Joachim Badenhorst ; With SSS-Q (Jorge Queijo) * 2014: ''Songs From My Backyard'' (Wasser Bassin) * 2017: ''S/T'' (Wasser Bassin), featuring Carlos Guedes ; With De Beren Gieren * 2014: ''The Detour Fish'' (Clean Feed) ; With Fire! Orchestra * 2016: ''Ritual'' (

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) * 2019: ''Arrival'' (Rune Grammofon) ; With Fred Frith * 2023: '' Laying Demons to Rest'' ( RogueArt) ; With Kaja Draksler * 2016: ''This Love'' (Clean Feed) ; With Fred Frith Trio * 2021: ''

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'' ( Intakt)

References

External links

Official website

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Portrait at OJM
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