Black Dark Vinicius Chagas

• 1 Jardim do Édem 12:53
• 2 Insônia 07:53
• 3 Constelação 08:58
• 4 Mr. Black Dark 15:51
• 5 Arca da Aliança 14:55
• 6 Erupção 06:11
• Total Runtime 01:06:41

Info for Black Dark

A name that has been gathering attention in the instrumental scene for his creativity and virtuosity, saxophonist and flutist Vinicius Chagas built a powerful path with his unique style, set by a bold and stylish musicality. In the past two years, this prolific creator produced five albums, two of which – Chagas Changes and O Fantástico Mundo de Chagas – are already online and now joined by newly released Precipício. Until the end of 2021, he will release Black Dark, a metal fusion album, and also promises a more intimate project, alongside drummer Fernando Amaro. Born in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Chagas grew up in a rural area of São Paulo state, where he began his music career playing at the church. As he turned 17, he moved to the city of São Paulo to study at Universidade Livre de Música, with high profile teachers such as Vitor Alcântara, Paula Valente, Sizão Machado and Roberto Sion. His path includes shows alongside Tony Tornado, Di Melo, Arismar do Espírito Santo, Afrocidade and James Carter, besides being a part of bands Aláfia and Uns dos Tais.

Vinicius Chagas, saxophone
Lucas Gomes, trumpet
Jonathan Vargas, piano, keyboards
Silas Freitas, drums
Vanessa Ferreira, bass

Vinicius Chagas
Although he was born in Rio de Janeiro State and has been living most of his time in São Paulo State, Vinicius Chagas raised from the brazilian multiculturality, thanks to his “mineiro” father(from Minas Gerais) and “baiana” mother (from Bahia).

Vinicius took his first steps on music as a child, in Cosmopolis, São Paulo State countryside, where he played with bands from the church and also from different groups in the city. Vinicius’s development as a musician and his affinity to the saxophone were important in leading him to play with a Dixieland group, the Russo Jazz Band. At that moment, he got more interested in jazz and its different forms.

Later, Vinicius moved to São Paulo city, where he studied at the Universidade Livre de Música taking saxophone lessons with Vitor Alcântara and Paula Valente and band practice lessons with Sizão Machado and Roberto Sion.

During his career, Vinicius Chagas has played in music festivals in Brasil and Europe and worked with great brazilian musicians, such as Tony Tornado, Bocato, Zérró Santos, Filo Machado, Di Melo and Funk Brasil.

His musical inspirations bring together jazz icons such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker together with brazilian references as Vinicius Dorin among other instrumentalists, interpreters, arrangers and composers.

At the present moment, Vinicius is consolidating his career while he works on “Warzone”, the successor to his debut album, “Moment Storm”(2016).

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