Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal 1954–1974
Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal 1954–1974 Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal: 1954–1974 explores the relationship between jazz and television by investigating the experiences of performers and producers in one of the last European colonial states (Portugal) during a period of political and social repression and […]
Everyday Jazz Lives: Encounters with the Birmingham Jazz Scene (EJ, 2024)
Everyday Jazz Lives: Encounters with the Birmingham Scene Since 2019, jazz researcher and ethnomusicologist Pedro Cravinho and freelance photographer Brian Homer have been investigating the jazz scene in Birmingham, UK. By interviewing and photographing jazz musicians, they have been able to provide a glimpse into these musicians’ lives both on and off stage. Beyond the […]
Jazz Talks 01 Tony Dudley-Evans
In the first Jazz Talks Dr Pedro Cravinho interviews Tony Dudley-Evans the jazz promoter about the series of posters that Bob Linney designed for the Contemporary Music Network. According to Tony the posters were an important part of establishing the identity of the Network. Just as we were preparing to carry out the interview we […]
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(2019) “Everyday jazz life: A photographic project on contemporary jazz musicians’ lives in Birmingham”
ARTICLE with Brian Homer (2019) “Everyday jazz life: A photographic project on contemporary jazz musicians’ lives in Birmingham” This co-authored article examines fragments of a local jazz scene through photographs. It is the outcome of a collaborative pilot research project entitled ‘Everyday Jazz Life: A Photographic Project on Contemporary Jazz Musicians’ Lives in Birmingham’, that […]
(2019) The ‘Black Angel’ in Lisbon: Josephine Baker challenges Salazar, live on television
ARTICLE (2019) “The ‘Black Angel’ in Lisbon: Josephine Baker Challenges Salazar, Live on Television. My first contribution as an author to Eu-topías, a journal on interculturality, communication, and European Studies, was in a special edition focused on audiovisual media and popular music, with the article, “The ‘Black Angel’ in Lisbon: Josephine Baker challenges Salazar, live on […]
(2014) “Jazz on Portuguese film: Belarmino (1964) and Alice (2005)—Two Milestones”
ARTICLE with José Dias (2014) “Jazz on Portuguese film: Belarmino (1964) and Alice (2005)—Two Milestones” This article marks my first collaboration in academic publications. It brings together two Portuguese emerging jazz scholars: me, with a deep interest in the historical development of jazz in Portugal during the New State (Estado Novo) regime, and its distinct […]
Cadernos de Jazz em Portugal – Jazz em Coimbra (JACC, 2016)
Jazz in Coimbra – Jazz em Coimbra This study is the first issue of a bilingual editorial project (in Portuguese and English) dedicated to the history of Jazz in Portugal, named Cadernos de Jazz em Portugal, published by Jazz Ao Centro Clube’s Educational Service. It aims to present significant players and events related to the […]
(2016) “Historical overview of the development of jazz in Portugal in the first half of the twentieth century”
ARTICLE (2016) “Historical overview of the development of jazz in Portugal in the first half of the twentieth century” The principal aim of this article is to give a historical overview of the development of jazz in Portugal during the first half of the twentieth century. As a matter of fact, little is known in […]
(2017) “A Kind of ‘In-Between’: Jazz and Politics in Portugal (1958–1974)”
(2017) “A Kind of ‘in-between’: Jazz and Politics in Portugal (1958-1971)” My first contribution to Routledge’s Transnational Studies in Jazz series, both as editor-advisor and an author, was Jazz and Totalitarianism, edited by Bruce Johnson. My chapter investigates the use of jazz music as protest against the Portuguese New State (Estado Novo) regime and its colonial […]