Pedro Martins CD Release Concert at Blue Whale

Vera's Heartbeat proudly presents Brazilian guitar prodigy, Pedro Martins. He is back to Blue Whale to release his awaited second solo record, VOX, out on February 8.

Multi-instrumentalist Pedro was the winner of The 2015 Socar Guitar Competition at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival at only 22 years old. Produced by iconic American guitarist Rosenwinkel, VOX is a bold musical statement with Martins serving as main composer and arranger as well as writing most of the lyrics.

His relationship with Rosenwinkel has a deeply rooted past, with Martins discovering an early demo of a song that ended up on Rosenwinkel’s critically acclaimed release Caipi. Martins has been a member of Rosenwinkel’s Caipi band for the last two years and contributed guitar, keyboards and voice on his 2017 album....

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Vera's Heartbeat proudly presents Brazilian guitar prodigy, Pedro Martins. He is back to Blue Whale to release his awaited second solo record, VOX, out on February 8.

Multi-instrumentalist Pedro was the winner of The 2015 Socar Guitar Competition at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival at only 22 years old. Produced by iconic American guitarist Rosenwinkel, VOX is a bold musical statement with Martins serving as main composer and arranger as well as writing most of the lyrics.

His relationship with Rosenwinkel has a deeply rooted past, with Martins discovering an early demo of a song that ended up on Rosenwinkel’s critically acclaimed release Caipi. Martins has been a member of Rosenwinkel’s Caipi band for the last two years and contributed guitar, keyboards and voice on his 2017 album.

The 13 jazz-inflected Brazilian rock songs on VOX are a result of a two-year long recording, writing, and production process between Martins and Rosenwinkel. In addition to Martins showcasing his multi-instrumental skills by playing guitar, piano/synths, bass, drums, percussion, flute and singing in falsetto, he is joined by an all-star cast of supporting musicians: Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Kyle Crane, Federico Heliodoro, Antonio Loureiro, and Oscar Azevedo.

“This album is like a book of stories that have happened in my life,” says Martins. “What you can hear is actually my inner voice narrating those stories through the medium of music.”

Altogether, VOX is a deeply personal and complex journey where the listener is invited to join Martins in his wonderful world of narrative driven sound.

TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR ONLY
Students $20 | General $25

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