Adriano Adewale
@ the Barbican Centre & PizzaExpress Jazz Club
7 April 2010 & 21 April 2008

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Biography

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, Adewale was introduced to Antonio Forcione and soon became part of the celebrated Antonio Forcione Quartet.

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.

Adriano Adewale Group

Adewale’s new quartet features Nathan Thomson on Bass, Marcelo Andrade on saxes, flute and violin and Kadialy Kouyate on Kora. The group has 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 was released in late 2008.