Lancaster & Flavio Naves

Lancaster & Flavio Naves

Genres: jazz, guitar, organ, blues, keyboards

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About Lancaster & Flavio Naves

LANCASTER Guitar ​ Nicknamed "Brazilian Blues Sensation" by Randall Hill, editor of Austin Blues Monthly, Lancaster is a pioneer of the blues in his country. In 1998 and 1999 he released the first two Chicago Blues albums recorded in Brazil. Throughout his thirty-year career he has performed and recorded with such blues legends as Willie "Big Eyes Smith" (Muddy Waters' late drummer), Mud Morganfield (Muddy Waters' Eldest son), Deacon Jones (organist with Freddie King and John Lee Hooker), among others. Born in Brazil in 1964 in a bilingual family, Lancaster moved to the United States in 1981, where he graduated from highschool in Salem, Oregon. From 1994 to 1995 Lancaster lived in Los Angeles, where he performed with a local band in Southern California. Residing in Brazil since 1996, he has released six albums, one EP and the new videos HAUS BIER SESSIONS – live in the studio. Lancaster & The Hot Pockets are a band in the true sense of the word. Friends who have been together on the road for almost twenty years and have developed their own unique style of blues. Bassist Izal de Oliveira and drummer Maurício Gaspar recorded Lancaster’s seminal album A Beautiful Day For the Blues in 1999. Edu Souza joined The Hot Pockets four years ago. His rhythm guitar and backing vocals have since then become essential to the sound of the band. Website: Lancaster and the Hotpockets FLAVIO NAVES - Hammond Organ Flávio was born in 1977 São José dos Campos, a city located about one hour from São Paulo. Although he has been playing the organ and the piano for only nine years, Flavio is considered one of the top Hammond experts in Brazil. Self-taught, as some of the best blues players are, Flávio developed his skills by listening to the music of his idols and learning from the CDs. He fell in love with the blues when he watched JimmySmith and Deacon Jones (the organist with John Lee Hooker for 18 years) performing live. Flávio had the opportunity to go on the road and lend his organ to Deacon Jones when he toured Brazil in 1997. Flávio had played in Lancaster´s band for several years before they decided to join forces and have a joint career. They had always shared solos on the live shows, but now with Flávio´s new status as the co-star of the gig his role includes playing themes especially written for the Hammond. Flávio has also played with Nuno Mindelis for the last two years, with whom he recorded "Twelve Hours". Nuno was very impressed with Flávio´s stage performance when they first met at a concert at SESC Paulista in 2000. Besides his blues background, Flavio has also worked with a Santana Cover band, some other funk bands and has accompanied harp players in electric-acoustic settings. Although he is only 25 years old, Flávio has performed all over the country and displays great musical maturity. He became known in the Brazilian blues world when he participated in a Blues'n'Jazz Magazine anniversary concert at the Bourbon Street Music Club in São Paulo, in 1998. The critics and musicians who attended the concert labeled him "the sensation of the new Blues generation". Flávio´s stage performance is always communicative and good-humored. He has mastered the organ drawbars (the controls that shape the sound of the Hammond) and the wonders of the Leslie speaker (amplification system from the 50's that has rotary speakers), enabling him to express the all the subtleties or power that the blues require. He is notorious for taking him Hammond everywhere he goes, which is no small feat if one considers its size and weight. Hammond Wiki: Flavio Naves

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