Sat 17 Mei 2025 – 20:00 – Brazilian jazz fusion by Mind Priority

Mind Priority plays brazilian jazz fusion in the original way of J. Alvaro’s compositions and arrangements.

This creative bass player started his carreer as a guitarist in 1966 in Brazil with his first rock-jazz band. Then he worked as a bass player with famous musicians and singers such as Ivan Lins, Elis Regina, Hermeto Paschoal, Vanusa, Claudia, Eduardo Araújo et Altamiro Carilho alll over the amercian continent ( Brazil, USA, Cuba ).

When J. Alvaro came to Europe in 1990, after a few years palying in various bands and orchestras in France, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, Skandinavia and Belgium, he decided to build a band upon his own music.

He invited european musicians such as Philippe Leblanc, Thierry Goodman, Gino La Tucca, Michael Blaes, Vincent Penasse and Alain De Vis to combine brazilian styles with european influences.

His experience in various styles of modern music, which also grew by being a highly requested studio musician, gives a special variety to his compositions.

The basic band around J.Alvaro consists of a drummer, a singer/keyboard player, a guitarist or pianist, a flute/saxophone player and a percussionist.

 Pamela Schmid started to study classic piano at the age of 4 years and took successfully part in many youth competitions in Germany, her country of origin.

At the age of 18 she began to explore modern music and jazz and she came to Belgium where she met J.Alvaro when singing in various Jazz Clubs in Brussels.

Charmed by brazilian jazz she found her way to Mind Priority in 2004 and by joining the band she developped her instrumental way of singing which is colouring the band’s sound together with keyboard effects and wooden flute.

Pierre Gillet, and excellent belgian flute player, coming from calssic music studies grew by playing in symphonic and jazz orchestras as well as in traditional folk groups.

J.Alvaro met Pierre in several bands of popular barzilian music and, impressed by his feeling for brazilian jazz, invited him to join his high musical qualitiy to Mind Priority in 2006.