Original composition by Alfredo Lopes (saxophone), featuring Matt McMahon (piano). Recorded by Alex Richardson at S.A.E. studios, Sydney, 10th January 2011.

Alegria Para Voce

Bartok's Soup

Zubaba's Dance Of Joy

Composition by Bronisław Kaper. Performed by Alfredo Lopes (saxophone), featuring Matt McMahon (piano). Recorded by Alex Richardson at S.A.E. studios, Sydney, 10th January 2011.

Green Dolphin Street

An original composition by Alfredo Lopes (composer/saxophone); featuring Steve Newcomb (piano), Helen Svoboda (double bass), and Lachlan Hawkins(drums). Recorded and mixed by Stephane Elmosnino at SAE Institute Brisbane studios, 9th March 2018.

Alfredo Lopes

A forma ainda não começou

Original composition by Alfredo Lopes. Performed by Alfredo Lopes (Tenor/Soprano Saxophone), Mike Kenny (Trumpet/Flugelhorn), Matt MacMahon (Piano), Lloyd Swanton (Double Bass), and Troy Lever (Drums). Live recording at "Johnston Street Jazz", Annandale, Sydney; 26th September 2019.

Zu Ba Ba's Dance Of Joy

Mother gooses melodious seesaw

Logique de rien

Ahimsa

A monk's month is the loneliest sphere

Alfredo Lopes has been performing and writing jazz repertoire since his Associate Diploma of Jazz Studies at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1993. In 2012 he completed an Honours exegesis at Southern Cross University, Lismore: The harmonic explorations of Joe Henderson: A study by a professional jazz musician on his contribution to the modern jazz tenor saxophone sound. He has presented a paper, Jazzing: Intuition and Intellect, at the Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network conference, Melbourne. Alfredo has also presented a paper, Jazz as process: A different perspective for the 21st century, at the Continental Drift: A Century of Jazz on Record conference, Edinburgh Napier University. Alfredo is at Queensland Conservatorium of Music, working on a Doctorate of Musical Arts exegesis: Jazz as process: Developing artistic practice as a composer, player and leader in a small ensemble

He has studied arranging with Graeme Lyall, composition and harmony with Roger Frampton and piano and counterpoint with Judy Bailey. Alfredo has also studied with jazz great: Joe Henderson, saxophonist: Wes Anderson from the Lincoln Centre Orchestra and New York piano player/educator, Dr Barry Harris. 

Alfredo has worked with Jeff Martin (guitarist/singer-songwriter for "The Tea Party"), Ben Gillies (musician/drummer for "Silverchair"), and acclaimed singer-songwriter, Gabriel Vargas; and recorded with sound engineers Paul Pilsneniks and Jordan Power, amongst others. He has also co-led music ensembles with some of Australia’s best jazz musicians including: George Golla, Judy Bailey, Craig Scott, Alan Turnball, Mark Isaacs, Paul Mac Namara, Bernie Mc Gann, John Morrison, Jeff Usher, Matt Mc Mahon, Sean Wayland, Jan Rutherford, Cathy Harley and Sharny Russell.

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