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About Me

ANDRÃ‰ MOTA / DRUMS || VERY SHORT BIO: Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1986. Studied at the Musicentro music school with ZÃ© Moreira, at the Hot Clube de Portugal jazz school with Bruno Pedroso, Henry Sousa, AndrÃ© Fernandes, Nelson Cascais, Afonso Pais, Filipe Melo, Bruno Santos, and many others. Studied also outside school with Alexandre FrazÃ£o, Michael Lauren, Jim Black, Carlos Bica, Frank Mobus, and others. Besides the musical career he's currently studying Architecture at the Universidade Lusiada de Lisboa.

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Member Since: 12/7/2006
Band Members: "What You Wish" (Chris Potter), "Beatrice" (Sam Rivers), "Brother Hubbard" (Kenny Garrett): Jorge Reis (a s); Bruno Pernadas (g); Paulo Luz (b), AndrÃ© Mota (dr) // "Choro" (A. C. Jobim): Pablo Vallejos (g); Iuri Gaspar (p); SÃ©rgio Duarte (b); AndrÃ© Mota (dr).
Influences: alex frazao, bruno pedroso, bill stewart, brian blade, charlie watts, papa jo jones, peter erskine, nasheet waits, eric harland, matt cameron, tina turner, nina simone, sarah vaughn, otis redding, marvin gaye, al green, stevie wonder, the rolling stones, the doors, sting, tom jobim, milton nascimento, chico buarque, sÃ©rgio mendes, morelenbaum2/sakamoto, kenny wheeler, miles davis, john abercrombie, wolfgang muthspiel, john scofield, pat metheny, eric clapton, mario delgado, steve swallow, bojan zulfikarpasic, mario laginha, brad mehldau, bill evans, chick corea, keith jarrett, thelonious monk, jason moran, herbie hancock, mccoy tyner, charles lloyd, john coltrane, chris potter, wayne shorter...
Sounds Like: a crazy guy playing the drums.
Type of Label: None