A guitarra Jazz em Portugal (1940-1990) : o percurso e contributo de Carlos Menezes, José Luis Simões, João Maló, Armindo Neves e Luis Stoffel

This work intends to develop an investigation within the jazz studies, with particular emphasis on the contribution of five Portuguese guitarists to the dissemination, growth, transformation and popularization of jazz in Portugal. Making use of bibliographical research and fieldwork, this thesis will analyze the work and contribution of Carlos Menezes, José Luís Simões, João Maló, Armindo Neves and Luís Stoffel to the musical community and to the Portuguese jazz scene. A conceptual discussion of Diaspora, Globalization and Scene will foster an analysis of the collected data on these five jazz guitar pioneers and create a reflection on the emergence of new terms and their interrelation. These three concepts will also work as head topics which will allow to analyze, among others, the meanings of syncretism, transnationalism, transculturality, transmigration, translocality, community, glocalization and their impact on the professional path and work of the five featured musicians. These concepts are also related to homogenous or heterogeneous and hybrid musical elements. These elements are sometimes responsible for the emergence of new practices and discourses that culminate in the creation of a new transidiomatic musical language. The practical and artistical component of this work includes Cenas de Uma Vida no Bosque, an original composition written within the scope of this investigation, and the arrangements of “Flor Sem Tempo”, “Portugal, Portugal” and “Lisboa à Noite”, three songs associated with the Portuguese popular music and related to the careers of the five featured musicians throughout this thesis. Both the original composition and the arrangements were performed by a septet led by me and recorded in audio and video. Cenas de Uma Vida no Bosque will be released as an album after the presentation of this PhD thesis