About Miguel Ângelo
He started his musical activity at the age of 10 at «Tuna Musical de Fiães», where he attended music training classes, guitar and, later, double bass. In the 80s he started a project in the area of rock, called «Curtes Baldei-me», where he played bass guitar. A few years later, it was at the Jazz School of Porto that he resumed his musical studies, working on electric bass with professor Alberto Jorge. Although rock music was, for some time, his field of artistic interest, it was jazz that eventually won his full attention. Still under the guidance of double bassist Alberto Jorge, he resumed his studies of double bass and combo with pianist Paulo Gomes, at the Jazz School of Porto, in the late 90s. Later, he continued with bassist Pedro Barreiros and later, counted on the support of double bassist António Augusto Aguiar. He attended the official music course with professors Alenxander Worf and Joel Silva up to 5th grade, at the Academia de Paços de Brandão and later at Sta. Maria da Feira. A few years after finishing his degree in Informatics / Applied Mathematics at Universidade Portucalense, he returned to higher education in 2004, this time to study Contrabass.
In 2008 he concluded his Degree in Double Bass / Jazz at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), where he had the opportunity to work with António Augusto Aguiar, Damien Cabaud, Carlos Bica, Zé Eduardo, Michael Lauren, Nuno Ferreira, Carlos Azevedo, Pedro Guedes, Telmo Marques, among others. He participated in several workshops, namely with double bass player Carlos Bica, Zé Eduardo, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss, etc.
Following the launch of his first album as a leader and composer, BRANCO (porta-jazz 2013), he is given support for the show and Tournée by the GDA Foundation.
In 2014, the debut album of Ensemble Super Moderne, which he recorded and co-lead, was considered by critics as the best Jazz album of the year.
In 2016, he released his second album, A VIDA DE X (porta-jazz), with his usual quartet, Joaquim Rodrigues at the piano, João Guimarães at Sax and Marcos Cavaleiro on drums. The album was considered by Jazz.pt magazine, by critic Phil Barnes, in All About Jazz magazine and by several national critics as one of the best Jazz albums of 2016.
In 2017, he released his solo album “I Think I´m Going To Eat Dessert” (Creative Sources) and in 2019, he starts the Miguel Ângelo Utopia Project (MAU), accompanied by Miguel Moreira (guitar) and Mário Costa (drums), that same year he released his debut album “UTOPIA” (Porta-Jazz).
He had the privilege of playing with several national and international musicians, including Chris Cheek (with whom he recorded MAP + Chris Cheek), Ohad Talmor, Dan Weiss, Frank Vanagee, Virxílio Silva and many more.
In 2020, he obtained support from the GDA Foundation for recording and editing the album Dança dos Desastrados.
He currently leads his own quartet with which he released the albums BRANCO (2013), A VIDA DE X (2016); DANCE OF THE DISASTERS (2021), his trio with the MAU project; co-leads the MAP project; and integrates Pedro Neves trio, MAZAM by João Mortágua, Carlos Azevedo Quartet, Sónia Pinto quintet and Jogo de Damas.
He has participated in several concerts in Portugal and abroad (Cape Verde, France and Spain), highlighting the presentations at the 6th Kriol Jazz Fest (Cape Verde), Jimmy Glass Jazz Club (Valencia - Spain), PortaJazz Festival, Angra Jazz ( Azores), S. Luiz Jazz Festival, International Cangas Festival, ImaxinaSons –Vigo, Hot Club (Lisbon), Douro Jazz, Marin Jazz Festival (Spain), Pontevedra Jazz Festival (Spain), Otonalidades Festival, Party do Avante, Europarque, CCB, Queima das Fitas do Porto, Vilar de Mouros and Paredes de Coura Festival, Casa do Música, etc.
