Luiz Morais Quartet

Tickets £16 / £14 concessions.
Doors open 7pm, starts 7.30pm.
This gig is for a seated audience.

Brazilian composer, arranger and 7-string guitarist Luiz Morais brings his 2nd album 'In the Weave' to Colchester Arts Centre. At the cutting edge of Brazilian Jazz, this work draws from the Brazilian tradition forged by the likes of Tom Jobim, Baden Powell and Moacir Santos whilst weaving new threads and connections to contemporary Jazz. Morais here presents the album with a 4-piece band comprising the top musicians working with Brazilian Jazz in the UK. Expect intricate, thrilling arrangements built around the rhythmical force of the Brazilian guitar tradition that push the players to their edge.

Luiz Morais - 7-string guitar
Rachel Hayter - Flutes
Fernando Demarco - Double Bass
Marius Rodrigues - Drums

Brazilian composer, arranger and 7-string guitarist, Luiz Morais is a unique voice in contemporary Brazilian Jazz and a virtuoso performer. Based in London since 2010, he leads his own group, forging ahead in creating an innovative and experimental rebirth of the Brazilian musical tradition in a wider landscape of jazz and world music.

‘Surely one of the albums of 2021– with arranging, composing and playing at this level, there can only be one result’ – Seton Hawkins, Director, Jazz at The Lincoln Centre, NY

‘Skilful, inventive, harmonically savvy - this guy possesses the lot and oodles of taste to boot. Twisted Brazilian magic and thoroughly uplifting.’ – Blues and Soul Magazine

'Guitarist Luiz Morais demostrates what a sensitive melodist and arranger he is' - Julian Jospeth OBE, BBC Radio 3

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