Works

I-Waltz II-Blues III-Jazzy

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass

4 Clarinet in Bb

Performer(s)

Suite in Jazz Style is, as its name suggests, inspired by jazz. Not a "pure" kind of jazz, but a jazz as seen through the eyes of a layman as myself, therefore without any taboos or dogmas attached. My aim was primarily to create music which would be pleasant to play and listen to, without great pretentiousness, and for that I choose the instrumental means I knew best at the time: the clarinet. The order of composition was exactly the reverse of the final order of the movements of the suite, and the name of the work derives from the title of the last movement, which was once considered as an autonomous piece. This is also what I call my "Op.1", the first work which I consider worthy of lisitng in my catalog.

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Suite in Jazz Style	Performance	2012/Feb/17	Iº Festival de Clarinetes do Norte Alentejano	Escola de Artes do Norte Alentejano	Portalegre	Portugal	Ensemble de Clarinetes do Norte Alentejano	Notes
Suite in Jazz Style	Premiere	2004/Apr/20		Helena de Sá e Costa Theatre	Oporto	Portugal	Quarteto Vintage [Iva Barbosa, José Eduardo Gomes, Cândida Oliveira e Ricardo Alves]	Notes