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Francisco Medina

About Me

Hello Everybody!! I was born in Lisbon in 1982,for thouse who remember that was the year Grabriel Garcia Marquez received the Nobel prize for literature,Michael Jackson released Thriller and the year that Leonid Brezhnev died,although I had nothing to do with any of these events and I shure don't remember them happening... Let's talk about the music!!
In 2004 I moved to The Hague,Netherlands(land of tall people,tulips,gouda cheese and grey skyes)to study Jazz Guitar in the Royal Conservatoire where I studyed for four years.During this period I took lessons from Martijn Van Iterson,Eef Albers,Erik Vloeimans,Wim Bronnenberg among others,attended workshops of Dave Liebman,James Spaulding,Steve Coleman,Brandford Marsalisand performed live with the Royal Conservatoire Big Band at the North Sea Jazz Festival(2007).
Although my studyes have been mainly directed to Jazz my musical interests are much wider,in the last years I've been involved in different music projects and performing in several venues in The Netherlands(like the famous festival, The Hague Jazz), Belgium, Luxembourg,Croatia and Portugal,playing Brazilian music,Funk,Pop,writting and performing my own compositions and of course the good old fashioned standards.
Since my musical adventure began I had the pleasure and oportunitty of meeting interesting and inspiring people with whom I shared life and musical experiences that helped me growing as a musician and as a person and the story doesn't end here...


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Music:

Member Since: 17/03/2007
Band Members: Francisco Medina Quintet:Francisco Medina-Guitar , Jan Kus-Tenor Sax , Miguel Rodriguez-Piano , Vasilis Stefanopoulos-Bass , Francesco de Rubeis-Drums ;original compositions by Francisco Medina.
Trio Papo Reto : Francisco Medina-Guitar , Noa Stroeter-Electric Bass , Marco Santos-Drums;Samba/Funk,Bossa Nova,Brazilian music
Duo Francisco Medina and Carlos Ema:Francisco Medina-Guitar,Cavaquinho , Carlos Ema-Piano, Keyboards ; Brazilian music arranged for guitar and piano

The Tunes:
Performed by Francisco Medina Quintet:
Debaixo d'outro tecto(Francisco Medina)
Think with the heart(Francisco Medina)
A touch of spring(Francisco Medina)
Performed by Trio Paporeto:
Partindo Pro alto(Nelson Faria)
Olha Maria(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Inutil paisagem with Nadia Basurto(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Performed by F.Medina,Joan Benavent,João Pestana and Marco Santos(rehearsel)
Say Nothin'(Francisco Medina)
A Jim called Black(Francisco Medina)

Influences: A bit of everything I listen to,like Hank Mobley, Jim Hall, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Chris Cheek, Brian Blade's Fellowship, Bill Frisell, Jim Black, Kenny Garrett, Mario Delgado, Brad Mehldau, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Erikah Badu, The Beatles, Sting, Maceo Parker, D'Angelo, Elis Regina, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Toninho Horta, Tom Jobim, Zeca Pagodinho, Paquito D'Rivera, Jerry Gonzalez, Hermeto Pascoal, J.S.Bach, Pixinguinha...better stop for now
Sounds Like: Me,Myself and I
Record Label: Unsigned

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