From the slums of Recife in northeastern Brazil to an international jazz icon: Amaro Freitas is one of the pioneers of the young, modern Brazilian scene. With ease, deliberation and an unerring instinct for a homogeneous whole, he interweaves jazz elements, Brazilian rhythms and modern improvised music.
He already gained international attention with his debut album Sangue Negro (2016). After Rasif (2018) came his latest album and most impressive work to date, Sankofa, in 2021 – a spiritual quest for the forgotten stories, ancient philosophies, and inspirational personalities of black Brazil. Like all of Amaro's albums, "Sankofa" lasted about two years, with him spending eight hours a day, four days a week in the studio with his trio. "We appreciate the creative process. We know that it takes time to reach another place, and then it takes time to understand and translate that place. If we want to get out of our comfort zone, the most important factors are time, dedication, discipline and wisdom. Months pass, and the ideas begin to fall into place. Time is the most important thing. Without them, we won't get where we want to be. I would also like to pass on this message to future generations: let's slow down, let's give more time, let's do deeper things. Let's stop swimming on the surface, let's dive."

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