Palma / Teatre Principal

Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

Andrea Motis Band

Andrea Motis, Voice and Trumpet.

Joan Chamorro, Double Bass, Tenor Saxophone, Flute and Voice.

Ignasi Terraza, Piano.

Josep Traver, Guitar.

Esteve Pi, Drums.

Sergio Krakowski, Pandeiro.

Fernando De Papa, Cavaquinho.

Matthieu Guillemont, 7-string Guitar.

Gabriel Amargant, Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone.

Christoph Mallinger, Violin.

With the music of idols such as Louis Armstrong and Chet Baker, the young trumpeter and singer has been surprising the public with Joan Chamorro since 2012, when Quincy Jones noticed her and invited her to share the stage. After releasing her first album for Impulse, Emotional Dance, Andrea Motis now returns with a new project called Do outro lado do azul, dedicated to one of the countries that have most influenced universal music, Brazil. A journey to a land full of musical joy by Andrea Motis and the Joan Chamorro Quartet together with special guests of the category. Musicians from both sides of the ocean will present us with songs mainly Brazilian in origin and tradition, with rhythms such as bolero, choro and samba, among others.

The usual jazz quintet led by Andrea Motis will connect with high-level instrumentalists with whom we will delve into the deepest origins of Brazilian music. We will also be able to listen to some pre-Columbian compositions and others new ones that fuse jazz and Brazilian music and that have been composed by Sergio Krakowski, Ignasi Terraza, Tom Harrell, Joan Mar Sauqué and Andrea Motis.

Although Andrea Motis is only 24 years old, her musical maturity far exceeds the expectations of her years. This is due to the fact that she began playing the trumpet at the age of seven and three years later she began studying jazz at the Sant Andreu Municipal School of Music with Joan Chamorro, who recruited her shortly after to be part of his band, despite being a teenager.

While still studying at school she was a member of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band for nine years, a period in which she recorded eight albums and played live with names such as trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, saxophonist Jesse Davis, clarinetist Bobby Gordon and saxophonist Dick Oatts, among others. In addition to the trumpet, Motis plays the alto saxophone. But she debuted as a singer with Chamorro's band. "The trumpet has always been my main instrument," says Motis when asked if she prefers her side as an instrumentalist or a vocalist. “Playing the trumpet is like meditation for me, it’s a very important part of my life. But I don’t want to have to choose just one of my artistic sides, because I love playing them all.”

Motis’ vocal performance becomes the star of the show. Andrea Motis has a charming and versatile high, with a subtle vibrato and concise phrasing that has earned her comparisons to stylistic references such as Billie Holiday and Norah Jones. Her vocal prowess is immediately revealed in the Charles Daniels and Richard Whiting classic that opens the album, He’s Funny That Way. It’s perhaps no coincidence that this jazz classic has long been associated with Lady Day. Motis and her ensemble do justice to the composition, highlighting it with a quintessential swing-era mishap that paves the way for Robinson’s absorbing solo. Motis follows with a delicious trumpet solo that accentuates his acidic tone and precise sense of swing.