Abacaxeiro is the name of critically
acclaimed guitarist Steinar Aadnekvam's second album, released in
October 2011. A collaboration with some of the most profiled
musicians from the culture-capital of northeastern Brazil; Recife -
Pernambuco.
The
album was followed by a 26 concerts tour throughout the Scandinavian
countries in November '11 and the project is continously object for
a widespread critical praise in Nordic, and European music
press.
Germany's
"Rocktimes Magazine" calls Abacaxeiro 'extraordinary' and
continues with explaining it as "a pleasant and enriching
experience of the new musical cosmos."
fRoots Magazine
(UK) describes Abacaxeiro as "a quirky, spirited audio
postcard from the Brazilian backlands"
Norway's daily
newspaper 'Dagbladet' points out that Steinar Aadnekvam is
indeed a "rare bird" among nordic guitarists, and that the
Abacaxairo project "certainly doesn't make it less interesting
to follow his work"
and, Germany's 'Jazzpodium'
magazine holds forth that "Abacaxeiro manages to take music
back to where it really belongs - in nature." (for a complete list of reviews, go here)
Abacaxeiro will
once again visit Europe, in September 2012, to follow up the
success of the 2011 tour and to meet with audience who have
not yet had the opportunity to experience the joy and the
playful quality of this music that is deeply rooted in
the Afro-Brasilian musical heritage and styles of
North-Eastern Brasil - a unique fusion between nordic
jazz and the culture of
Pernambuco.
In the Abacaxeiro project, we find noone less
than the bassist Junior Areia, leader of the legendaric band Mundo
Livre S/A and one of the forefigures in the important Brazilian
”Manguebeat” movement of the 1990’s. We also meet multireedist and
2010 Getxo Jazz winner Christian Brink. Steinar Aadnekvam has lately
recieved a growing attention as one of the most interesting and
talented young guitarists from the Nordics, and several reviewers
have drawn paralells to the great guitar virtuosos of the 1970s.
Percussionists Carlos Amarelo and Bruno Vinezof
together could be called “the beat of Recife” having
collaborated with practically all of the important artists
from the young, creative and explosive musicscene that has
grown out of the state of Pernambuco during the last 20
years.
The Abacaxeiro October 2012 tour is a chance
not to be missed. It is a must see, a must hear for all
music enthusiasts interested in expanding their musical and
cultural horizon.
