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Fernando Lameirinhas | |
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| Birth name | Fernando Lameirinhas |
| Born | 5 March 1944 Porto, Portugal |
| Genres | Fado, world music, samba, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, cavaquinho |
| Years active | 1961–present day |
| Website | lameirinhas |
Fernando Arlindo Lameirinhas (Portuguese pronunciation: [la.mej.ˈɾi.n̠ʲaʃ]), OON (born 5 March, 1944) is a Portuguese singer, guitarist and songwriter. His family moved to Belgium in 1959 and he has resided in the Netherlands since 1975.
Lameirinhas and his younger brother António (Toni), born in 1947, were popular in the late 1960s as Jess & James, performing soul music with the J.J. Band, with whom they recorded the hit singles “Move” and “Something for Nothing”, and three albums. In the 1970s, the Lameirinhas brothers enjoyed further success as part of Sail-Joia, recording three albums and the hit single “Amsterdão”. After several other associations with jazz and world musicians in the 1980s, Fernando Lameirinhas launched his solo career in 1993, and has recorded a dozen albums with his brother Toni on bass and vocals, along with a changing core of backing musicians augmented by guests, such as fado singer Mafalda Arnauth on the album Pessoa in 2013, which celebrated the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
Early life[edit]
Fernando Lameirinhas was born in Porto, Portugal, on 5 March, 1944.[1]: 1
The family emigrated to Charleroi, Belgium, in 1959.
Citation for review of Fernando Lameirinhas's biography (in Dutch)[2]
Career[edit]
Lameirinhas started performing from the age of 17 and, in the early 1960s, he and his younger brother António played in pop bands, singing and writing songs in English.[3]: 16
In 1965, the brothers moved to London and worked as session musicians.
Returned to Brussels, Belgium in 1967 and created Jess & James and the J.J. Band, which was very successful until 1970. At the time, their compositions were signed "Wando Lam & Toni Lam".
The brothers moved to London in 1971, busking in Hyde Park and Portobello Road and re-discovering his Portuguese roots and also connecting with Brazilian music styles.[3]: 16
After returning to Brussels, formed a trio called Joia, which fused with a trio of American singers called Sail.[3]: 16 The new line-up relocated to Amsterdam in 1975 and started touring as Joia-Sail until 1980. After four albums (three studio and one live), the Lameirinhas brothers continued to release albums as Ginga (1981) and Joia (1982-1988), the group which involved jazz musicians such as Sean Bergin, Michael Moore and Franky Douglas.
In 1992, Lameirinhas launched his solo career, still with his brother António on bass.
The album Live was reviewed in fRoots No.226.[4]: 93
Selected discography[edit]
Solo[edit]
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With Jess & James[edit]
With Sail-Joia[edit]
With others[edit]
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Filmography[edit]
- Mortinho por Chegar a Casa (Dying to Go Home) (1996)
Honours[edit]
- Lameirinhas was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in January 2015.[5][6]
See also[edit]
- Music of Portugal
- Fernando Lameirinhas article at the Portuguese Wikepedia
- Fernando Lameirinhas article at the Dutch Wikepedia
- Jess & James article at the Dutch Wikipedia
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Lameirinhas, Fernando; Van Heck, Frank (2016). Een fado voor mijn vader [A fado for my father] (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Meulenhoff Boekerij. ISBN 9402305793.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Bartlema, Peter (11 March 2016). "Een fado van Fernando Lameirinhas" [A fado from Fernando Lameirinhas]. popmagazineheaven.nl (in Dutch). Het Magazine voor Pop Rock Roots World Blues Jazz. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Charter, Christine (July 2003). "Fernando Lameirinhas". fRoots. No. 241. London.
- ^ Farley, Jan (April 2002). "Fernando Lameirinhas - Live". fRoots. No. 226. London.
- ^ "Zanger en componist Fernando Lameirinhas geridderd" [Singer and composer Fernando Lameirinhas knighted]. nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Noord-Holland Nieuws. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Fernando Lameirinhas benoemd tot Ridder in de orde van Oranje-Nassau" [Fernando Lameirinhas appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau]. flint.nl (in Dutch). Amersfoort: Flint. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
External links[edit]
- Fernando Lameirinhas biography (scroll down for English version)
- Fernando Lameirinhas at allmusic.com
- Fernando Lameirinhas at discogs.com
- Jess & James at the Belgian Pop & Rock Archive
- Jess & James discography at badcatrecords.com.
- Fernando Lameirinhas at IMDb
- fRroots Reviews Index - 'L': Lameirinhas, Fernando – Live (𝙲entro Flamenco Puro) Issue #226, fRoots magazine website