Composer, researcher, and Associate Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Paulo Ferreira-Lopes is In Focus on the MIC.PT in May, to mark his 60th anniversary.
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After an analysis of Count Basie’s theme, The Queen Bee, with Sammy Nestico arrangement, I decided to compose a piece resulting from that learning. This small piece is my humble tribute to both masters. It is also dedicated to a eternal believer and great representative of this musical universe in Portugal, the maestro Jorge Costa Pinto.