Sara Serpa’s Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to record my new album Recognition, featuring Zeena Parkins, Mark Turner and David Virelles goes live today!  

We need to reach a goal of $8000 to go the studio and there are many ways you can contribute: you can pre-order a Digital Download, CD, vinyl, eco flash drive with music + film, audio only or audio with film and many more options. Check this short video about Recognition here!

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What is Recognition?
Recognition is an interdisciplinary project,  in which music and image highlighted with texts by revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, invite the viewer/ listener to reflect on history in a non-literal way.  

Sara Serpa produced Recognition  using Super 8 footage filmed by my grandfather, in Angola and Portugal in the 60’s, by then a fascist and colonizer regime. I then composed the music for the film and invited the amazing Zeena Parkins (harp), Mark Turner (tenor sax) and David Virelles (piano) to perform it.

Recognition was performed live during the year of 2018 at The Drawing Center (curated by John Zorn), Winter Jazz Festival 2018, Alwan For the Arts (curated by Amir Elsaffar) and The Kitchen (curated by Vijay Iyer). 

Now it is time to document it and record the music, so Recognition can be available to everyone. Pre-order your copy here!