
PRESS
"His bass playing is nothing less than spectacular, even if it is kept sober for once: every note the man plays is completely “spot on”: nothing too much, nothing too little and above all: he possesses the ability as a bass player to the fullest. In the service of the composition and thus let the other instruments shine."
8 weeks on the Jazzweek USA radios chart!!!
#15 position for Quamundos 2 at the World Music Charts Europe
QUAMUNDOS2 CD REVIEW (PL) "His Lusophone jazz is a special sound in which both the folk tradition and the originality of jazz textures are neatly intertwined. On the one hand, Theo Pascal's music is an expression of what is the pulse of today's multicultural art, on the other hand, the artist does not avoid ethnic motives, including songs sung in the Kimbund-Angolan dialect." Thank you 🙏 Dionizy Piątkowski // @Era Jazzu (Poland)
"...We're used to jazz coming from Austria, Germany, Switzerland or maybe Great Britain. Oh yes, the French also have a great jazz scene. And of course, the originals come from America. What is forgotten is that the blues probably came to America on Portuguese slave ships and that Portugal was a colonial empire and most likely must have had a jazz history as well. Only what is played and heard in the lusophone world largely escapes the attention of our jazz observers...With “Quamundos 2”, the mu
Entrevista de Theo Pascal sobre o Quamundos2 na RDP África com João Pedro Martins / Linha Africana
By J-Jacques Dikongué at https://tribune2lartiste.com/ "Quamundos2 are ten tracks, all stopovers in the bassist's musical wanderings. And in which the finesse of the accuracy of the bass playing is the guiding thread with the other instruments which are deployed there with the same dexterity. A true narration of the music that punctuates the universe of Theo Pascal. From Angola to India via Mozambique and Cape Verde, Quamundos2 merges rhythms....An energetic album.....
"...The Portuguese-inspired jazz combines elements from Latin jazz and, especially in the rhythm area, from world music. The drums and percussion area in particular is enormously complex and offers the other musicians a secure yet extremely varied foundation on which the music, generated by enormous presence, can then unfold its charm freely. Short fusion interjections alternate with Latin influences or even oriental-sounding passages. .....