Casa Forte

/ 1CASA FORTE with special guest Yuri Daniel
Casa Forte delves into the rich tapestry of Brazilian and Portuguese popular music, offering fresh arrangements and unexpected selections from the songbooks of iconic artists.
Fronted by Portuguese vocalist Filipa Quintino and Irish guitarist John Moriarty, this ensemble invites you on a journey through the vibrant yet soulful melodies of Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque, Pixinguinha, Antônio Carlos Jobim, António Zambujo, Marisa, and Egberto Gismonti.
Joining them is a special guest from Portugal bass player Yuri Daniel and two of Ireland’s most esteemed jazz musicians: Darragh O’Kelly on keys, and Shane O’Donovan on drums. Sit back and let Casa Forte’s dynamic, warm sound carry you away.
Born in 1966 in Brazil, Yuri Daniel settled in Portugal in the 80s, when he studied, as a scholarship holder, at the School of Jazz of Portugal Hot Club, in Lisbon. Ever since, his work has been characterized by a great musical and instrumental plurality, having collaborated with multiple names of portuguese and international music scene.
Alternating between bass and double bass, Yuri has conducted his journey through a number of musical genre, playing and recording along names as Rui Veloso, Pilar Homem de Melo, Dulce Pontes, Sérgio Godinho, José Mário Branco, Maria João & Mário Laginha, Ana Moura, Wayne Shorter, Cliff Korman, Rick Lathan, John Stubblefield, Frank Colon, Manu Katche, Luiz Avelar, Ivan Lins, Chieftains & Ry Cooder, among many others. For almost 20 years now he has been a part of Jan Garbarek Group, playing with Jan Garbarek, Trilok Gurtu and Rainer Brueninghaus.
Besides that, Yuri has developed authorial composition works that have resulted in the albums South Way, Ritual Dance and Northern Lights.
John Moriarty is one of Ireland's foremost jazz guitarists. In recent times, John has toured / recorded with US pianist Bill Carrothers, Bobby Watson of ‘Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers’ and sax legend Ronnie Cuber; and was a prize-winner at Montreux Jazz Festival's Guitar competition.
He plays regularly with the Richie Buckley Quintet as well as his own quartet and trio projects.
"An excellent player, dynamically varied and adventurous..." – Downbeat
Magazine
"A fluid, hard-swinging player...well-crafted and polished...quietly
mesmerising..." – The Irish Times
Filipa Quintino is a Portuguese jazz singer and composer based in Ireland for over the past 10 years.
2023 has seen two new projects to come forth: Casa Forte and Filipa Sings Monk, in which Filipa sings the repertoire of Thelonious Monk based on some of Carmen McRae recordings and had the wonderful Paul Dunlea on trombone to bring that music to life.
In 2021, she released an EP online with Wire me project Live at Temple Lane, recorded with guitarist Chris Cole. In 2016 Filipa released her debut album Filipa Quintino With the flow which she got to perform in Ireland JJ Smyths and Arthurs, and in Portugal in Fábrica Braço de Prata with musicians such as Phil Ware, Tommy Moore, and more.
Recently, new projects have been submerging from music that has always fascinated Filipa. Besides singing in the project Swing’in Nova, she is now presenting Casa Forte