Everton Firmeza Trio

www.evertonfirmeza.com

(...)I ended up in nearby Caf Floro: a boiling, airless room with some vaguely African art on the

walls, sat at a table by the window, necking cold Maes Pils as bassist Everton Firmeza (Brazilian,

but based in Brussels since 2015) and his multi-national trio stormed through some funked-up

latin originals, with a few Hermeto Pascoal numbers thrown in. Firmeza's was one of the few gigs

on the programme labelled avant-garde. It wasn't the free improv set I was hoping for, but the

group were compelling to watch all the same: thrillingly reactive, totally in sync, switching between

feels mid-song and mid-chorus. Firmeza and Italian keys player Piergiorgio Pirro teamed up on

the melodies and Beninese drummer Christi Joza Orisha dropped halftime R&B, bossa nova, and

rumba feels, stitching needle-sharp patterns on the rim of his snare with his shell-adorned dreads

dancing about his shoulders. Towards the end of the set, they invited excellent flautist Sylvain

Boisvert to join them and he added breathy multiphonics and snatches of fluttering counterpoint.

-Thomas Rees, Jazz Wise Magazine, June 1st 2017

http://jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/14620-loueke-and-lrk-light-up-brussels-jazz-weekend