André Matos - Pequenos Mundos / Small Worlds (2003)

PEQUENOS MUNDOS / Small Worlds is guitar player André Matos´ first album. Hes joined by the North-American Nathan Blehar on tenor, the Argentineans Leo Genovese on piano and Demian Cabaud on bass and the Israeli Ziv Ravitz on drums. He presents six of his originals and one composition by Demian, the bass player.
André, born in Portugal, met all this young musicians in the Boston area. Being Berklee College of Music students they got to play a lot together and develop a strong friendship and musical complicity. These guys, who are my friends first of all, took an important role during my staying in Boston, and they happen to be great musicians, says the 23 year-old guitarist.
In Andrés compositions one can hear strong melodies and jazz harmonies, and at the same time a reflection of his Portuguese heritage. I try to write songs, not compositions; most of the time I hear what musicians like Leo and Nathan would play on it, which means I dont have to say much about what I want in a song.
He currently lives in Lisbon where he teaches and performs regularly in the most known venues.

André Matos (g), Nathan Blehar (ts), Leo Genovese (p, moog), Demian Cabaud (b), Ziv Ravitz (d)