Bosquejos do Brasil Lucas Figueiredo Santana

• 1 O Morro Não Tem Vez 05:49
• 2 Bosquejo 1 06:52
• 3 Bosquejo 2 05:05
• 4 Bosquejo 3 04:56
• 5 Bosquejo 4 06:45
• 6 Bosquejo 5 05:09
• 7 Bosquejo 6 03:59
• 8 Manhã de Carnaval 09:41
• 9 Vera Cruz 07:22
• Total Runtime 55:38

Info for Bosquejos do Brasil

Bosquejos do Brasil is the upcoming album (out December 6) of rising star saxophonist Lucas (Figueiredo) Santana.

Lucas Santana Quintet is the band based around Brazilian saxophonist and composer, Lucas Santana. In his quintet, Lucas presents his take on jazz, blues, soul and Brazilian music. Together they recorded two studio albums: Reflections (2021) and Ambivalence (2022). Both records were met with high critical acclaim by both national and international press.

Being rooted in many music traditions, Lucas and his quintet bring a large pallet of colors to the table. Their music has that energetic hard bop sound, but his Brazilian roots shine through on all levels. Together with his four band members he discovers the pathway between fantasy, courage, technical skill and passion. Sometimes fast and virtuosic, sometimes slow with true passion for the music.

Having played stages such as Bimhuis, Lantaren Venster and TivoliVredenburg, Santana made his mark in the Dutch jazz scene. Next to that, he won the awards in the prestigious Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation 2016, Jazz Contest Bucharest 2017 with AG Quintet, Keep an Eye The Records 2020 and the Downbeat Magazine Student Award 2021.

Lucas was privileged to share the stage with heroes such as Bob Mintzer, Vince Mendoza, Miguel Zenón, Dick Oatts, Hermeto Pascoal among others.. He was also invited to play with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, the Four Tops & Temptations, and was featured as a soloist in the Metropole Studio Sessions: World Tour – Brazil.

Lucas Figueiredo Santana

Lucas Figueiredo Santana
Born in São Paulo, Lucas Figueiredo started his musical studies playing the clarinet in the city of Piracaia, in the country side of São Paulo – Brazil. Through years of hard work, he had the opportunity to participate in several groups in the Bragantine Region, such as the Youth Big Band of Atibaia and the Youth Symphonic Band of Bragança Paulista.

By playing with the Youth Orchestra Tom Jobim – EMESP he was able to perform in some of the most important theaters of the State of São Paulo like the Latin America Memorial, the MASP Auditorium, the São Pedro theater and Sala São Paulo with great artists of Brazilian music such as Roberto Sion, Nelson Ayres, Monica Salmaso, Tatiana Parra, Benjamim Taubkim, Marcos Suzano, Ricardo Herz, Nailor Proveta, among others.

He won the Young Soloist prize into the Tom Jobim Youth Orchestra in 2014 and Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation award 2016. Lucas received a scholarship for the first year of the bachelor’s degree in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam – Holland. Since then he has been developing his career in Europe.

Playing solo, he shared the stage with several artists of Brazilian instrumental music like Edu Ribeiro, Paulo Braga, Marinho Andreotti, Eduardo Neves, Moises Alves, Daniel Sá, Michel Dorfman, Renato Borghetti and many others.

At the moment Lucas’s has concluded the Master’s Program at Conservatorium van Amsterdam, having as mentor Jasper Blom, Simon Rigter, Ben van Gelder and Dick Oatts.

Lucas had the privilege to receive a few awards and win competitions such as Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation 2016, Jazz Contest Bucharest 2017 with AG Quintet, member of JM World Jazz Orchestra 2019, Keep an Eye Records 2020 and Downbeat Magazine Student Award 2021.

Among some groups that Lucas could join in Netherlands, he had the opportunity to play with the Dutch Concert Big Band, Jazz Orchestra of Concertgebouw, Four Tops and Temptations and the Metropole Orkest.

With CvA Big Band he had the opportunity to play with big names such as Jasper Blom, Simon Rigter, Ferdnand Povel, David Linx, Dennis Mackrell and Alex Sipiagin.

Since September 2018, Lucas’s a regular member of Millenium Jazz Orchestra, regular replacement for the Peter Beets & Henk Meutgeerd New Jazz Orchestra and New Cool Collective Big Band with Benjamim Herman.

This album contains no booklet.