ADRIANO ADEWALE GROUP - SEMENTES TOUR - NOW BOOKING FOR AUTUMN 2008

“A brilliant performance that has raised the bar in terms of world music concerts at the pavilion."
Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen, April 2008

SEMENTES ALBUM LAUNCH - PIZZA EXPRESS JAZZ CLUB, SOHO, LONDON

THUR SEPT 17TH. EARLY BOOKING ADVISED

Adriano Adewale was born in Sao Paulo – Brazil.

He moved to London in 2000 and formed his first UK band Sambura, which released one album: “Cru”. Performing in various festivals and venues, Adriano was introduced to Antonio Forcione and soon became part of the Antonio Forcione Quartet which has been performing all over the world.

Other great collaborators he has worked with include: Jonny Phillips, Seu Jorge, Jonathan Preiss, Seb Rochford, Monica Vasconcelos, Andy Sheppard, Tuti Moreno, Rodolfo Stroeter, Modeste Hughes, Gustavo Marques, Netsayi Chigwendere, Julia Biel, Zoe Rahman, Steve Lodder and Ronu Majumdar. Working in partnerships with artists, he created sound tracks for: fine artist Monica de Miranda, the English dance company Stacked Wonky and a percussion based sound track for an animation movie based on the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”. He also shared the stage with Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Tcheka(Cape Verde) and supported Cesaria Evora, Airton Moreira and Flora Purim, Jools Holland, Seu Jorge, and Boubacar Traore. Venues he has performed at include : QEH, RFH, Barbican, Apollo, Usher Hall, Olimpia(Paris), Jazz Café, Ronnie Scotts, SAGE.

ADRIANO ADEWALE GROUP

Adriano's new quartet features Nathan Thomson on Bass, Marcelo Andrade on saxes, flute and violin and Kadialy Kouyate on Kora.

The group has just finished recording their debut album Sementes [Seeds] which has been produced by Gilad Atzmon and features special guests Gilad Atzmon and Antonio Forcione. The album is due for release later in 2008 but you can hear a preview here.