Interview Jean-Pierre Zanella - Making off TRE

Interview Jean-Pierre Zanella - Making off TRE

Video production by Emma Bouchez
Video capture by Emma Bouchez, Bianca Rocha and Rodrigo Simoes
Audio recordings by George Doxas and Mark Nelson (Montréal 2021).
Mixed and mastered by André Prodóssimo at Villa Sonora, (Curitiba 2022)
Edited by Rodrigo Simoes at his home studio, January 2022
Produced, composed and arranged by Rodrigo Simões

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TRE is Rodrigo Simoes' new concept album through Canadian jazz label Three Pines Records.
Rodrigo Simoes is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and composer. He performs regularly in Montreal and the region.
With TRE, we find the DNA of Rodrigo Simoes' sound: Latin guitar, Afro-Brazilian grooves and jazz fusion. Added to this is the inspiration of the number 3 which makes TRE a real concept album!
TRE (three in Italian) offers unusual ternary compositions that reveal the mastery of the styles of Brazilian popular music and the skill of Simoes for the arrangements. For example, Bituca samba is composed in 3⁄4 while sambas are usually composed in 2/4.
Rodrigo Simoes joined forces with Carl Mayotte on bass and Mark Nelson on drums to form a trio. It welcomes 3 renowned guests: saxophonist Jean-Pierre Zanella on Add 1 teco and Bituca; the percussionist Elli Miller-Maboungou on Ibi and Na Categoria; the singer Bianca Rocha who lends her voice on the titles Baião de 3 and Compo 9.
On 9 titles, TRE explores the diversity of Brazilian jazz in an upbeat style that gives pride of place to improvisation. We find the influence of Milton Nascimento on the cheerful Bituca, a tribute to Mercedes Sosa with the cover of Balderrama and a nod to Charlie Parker on the jazz waltz Yardbird Free.
This third album under the sign of 3, the number of balance, reveals a brand new Rodrigo Simoes, in full control of his musical background and still inhabited by the same enthusiasm. TRE arrives after Brazilian Jazz, the second album – the number 2 represents duality – the one after immigration, the big gap between the fire of Brazil and the ice of Quebec. TRE appears as the album of rediscovered unity.

Thanks to:
My family, my friends and my wife for their love and support.
The amazing guest musicians who contributed to make this happen: Elli-Miller Maboungou, Bianca Rocha and Jean-Pierre Zanela. Special thanks to Mark Nelson and Carl Mayotte for being with me since the beginning of this number three trip.
Paulo Bottas for lending me his guitar. Stacy Bellanger Bien-aimé for the artwork. Luiza Baby for the designs. George Doxas, Mark Nelson and André Prodóssimo for their dedication to the audio treatment. Emma Bouchez and Evan Shay for the videos. The label Three Pines Records from Toronto (CA). We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

OFFICIAL SITE
https://www.rodrigosimoes.ca

RODRIGO SIMOES' ALBUMS
https://rodrigosimoes.bandcamp.com

SOCIAL MEDIA
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https://twitter.com/rod_sim_music

GUITAR COURSE
https://www.soundslice.com/store/bossa-beyond/

ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
https://www.airgigs.com/user/RodrigoSimoes

STREAMING
https://open.spotify.com/album/5GwtZVJ0LJzQOJ4mCSv6nj
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/rodrigo-sim%C3%B5es/649193850

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