Biography Andre Matos

This is the page for the Portuguese jazz guitarist. For the Brazillian metal singer, his right name is Andre Matos (without the accent), as you can see in his official web site: http://www.andrematos.net/ (NOTE 2: this error also happens in the Wikipedia).

André Matos was born in Lisbon in 1981. He got his first guitar when he was 9 years old.

Inspired by the “Blues” of BB King and Muddy Waters, he soon started listening to jazz records by Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis and Weather Report.

Years later, after spending one year at the Luis Villas-Boas school of Hot Club de Portugal, he was awarded with an international scholarship from Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts.

From 2000 to 2003 he lived in Boston, having had the chance to study with Mick Goodrick, Dave Santoro, Jon Damian, Ed Tomassi, Hal Crook, among others. At Berklee he was distinguished among the best performers with The William Leavitt Memorial Scholarship.

After his first experience in the United States, Andre based his career in Portugal and played in the most important venues. His first record “Small Worlds/Pequenos Mundos” FSNT 223 is published by Fresh Sound New Talent (www.freshsoundrecords.com). A new collection of originals is out now. The new record is called “Rosa-Shock” TOAP 022, and you can find it on www.toapmusic.com. It features singer Sara Serpa and pianist Albert Sanz plus the usual trio of bassist Demian Cabaud and Alexandre Frazao.

Apart from his own project, he is part of singer Sara Serpa’s group, which recently released “Praia” on Inner Circle Music (www.innercirclemusic.net); and Mikado Lab, a project led by drummer Marco Franco, that has a put out a record “Baligo Songs”, on www.toapmusic.com.

After going back to the states, Andre completed in May 2008, a Master’s on Jazz Studies at New England Conservatory, where he had the chance to study with George Garzone, Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, Brad Shepik, John Mcneil and Frank Carlberg.

He currently lives in NYC.

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