Double Bass
Nelson Cascais was born in Lisbon in 1973.
He studied at the School of Jazz Hot Clube de Portugal and the Lisbon National Conservatory. In 1994, as a finalist in the course of jazz HCP represented Portugal at the annual meeting of IASJ in New York.
In 1995, starts an active career as a sideman, allowing you to fill your schedule with collaborations in the studio and live performances in Portugal and abroad, with some of the most important figures of national and international jazz as Rick Margitza, Jerome Richardson , Benny Lackner, Perico Sambeat, Bernardo Sassetti, Maria João, Stefano D' Anna, Llibert Fortuny, Nuno Ferreira, Jorge Reis, Laurent Filipe, Ivan Padduart, Antonio Pharaoh, John Ellis, Aaron Goldberg, Markku Ounaskari, Kari Ikonen, Jorge Pardo, Jarmo Savolainen, Stefanno D' Anna, Maria Schneider, Carlos Martins, Mario laginha, among others.
In 2002, he was designated Jazz Musician of the Year by the site www.jazzportugal.net
Currently part of the Quartet André Fernandes, Jesus Santandreu Quartet, Paul Flag Quartet , John Lancaster Group , Jeff Davis Quartet.
Since 1999 he leads his own group with which he recorded the CDs "Cyclops”, "Nine Stories" and more recently "Guruka”.
Discography:
Nelson Cascais "Guruka" TOAP 2009
Nelson Cascais "Nine Stories", 2005 TOAP
Nelson Cascais "Cyclops", TOAP 2002
Jeff Davis "Haunted Gardens" TOAP 2009
André Fernandes "Imaginary" TOAP 2009
Jesus Santandreu "Sound Colors" Fresh Sound 2008
Carlos Martins "Water", Iplay 2008
Abe Rabade Septet "Open Doors" Karonte Records 2008
Abe Rabade "Rosalia 21", 2008
André Fernandes "Cube", TOAP 2007
André Fernandes "Timbuktu", TOAP 2006
Carlos Martins and Orchestra "Ao lado de", Som Livre 2006
Sara Valente "Blue in Green" 2006
TOAP Colective "Vol.1", TOAP 2006
Laurent Filipe "Ode to Chet," Som Livre 2006
Bruno Santos "Wrong Way", TOAP 2005
Joana Machado "Idiosyncrasies" 2005
Peter Madaleno "Sound of places," Clean Feed 2004
Laurent Filipe "The Light" Clean Feed 2004
Jorge Reis "Pueblos", TOAP 2003
Nuno Ferreira Dos & Sons Company "Spin", TOAP 2002
Isaac Turienzo "Con Angel" 1999
LINKS:
http://www.nelsoncascais.net/
JR 045 CD
Pipe TreeJR 044 CD
Dawn To DuskJR043 CD
Sexteto de Bernardo MoreiraJR 042 CD
Turquoise DreamJR041 CD
Fail Better!JR038 CD
Fonte GrandeJR 040 CD
Goes Without Saying, But It's Got To Be SaidJR 039 CD
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