This concert, commissioned by Fundação Eng. António de Almeida is directed by Diego Alonso. Eixo do Jazz focuses on showing Portuguese and Galician jazz. EJE will play a selection of songs from its repertoire with prominent musicians Mário Laginha, Iago Fernández, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Abe Rábade, Virxilio da Silva, as well as two classic Portuguese themes: “Noites da Madeira” by Max (Maximiano de Sousa, 1918-1980), and “April in Portugal”, an adaptation of the Fado “Canção de Coimbra” by Louis Armstrong. The concert will feature Teresinha Sarmento and Ana Luísa Marques (voices), Diego Alonso (tenor sax), João Paulo Silva (alto sax), Rui Catarino (guitar), Martin Otero (piano), Yudit Almeida (double bass), and Antón Quintela (drums).