GILI LOPES

World Fusion • Brazil
Jazz music community with discographies, reviews and forums
GILI LOPES picture
Gili Lopes is a bassist and composer active in New York’s contemporary jazz scene. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he has immersed himself in diverse musical traditions—from the folk and popular sounds of his homeland to global musical explorations and studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. He synthesises these influences into a rich, personal language for composition and improvisation.

In 2024, Lopes released his debut album as a leader, Algures. Described as “slick and upbeat” by Jazzwise, this musical journey explores global themes with a “stellar band” (Jazziz) featuring veteran jazz masters John Ellis on saxophone and Ari Hoenig on drums. DownBeat praised Lopes’s “sensibility” that “brings the music toward the fount of each component tradition and then exceeds it.” Algures received two Global Music Awards, a World Entertainment Award, and multiple other nominations.

As a bandleader and in-demand bassist, Lopes read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition

Buy GILI LOPES music

GILI LOPES Online Videos

No GILI LOPES online videos available. Search and add one now.

GILI LOPES Discography

GILI LOPES albums / top albums

GILI LOPES Algures album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
 Algures
World Fusion 2024

GILI LOPES EPs & splits

GILI LOPES live albums

GILI LOPES demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

GILI LOPES re-issues & compilations

GILI LOPES singles (0)

GILI LOPES movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

GILI LOPES Reviews

No GILI LOPES music reviews posted yet.

GILI LOPES Movies Reviews

No GILI LOPES movie reviews posted yet.

GILI LOPES Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

GILI LOPES Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Jazz Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Fellow Creatures : We Must Fight 21st Century Modern
JASPER HØIBY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Misha Mengelberg & Sabu Toyozumi : Analects Of Confucius Avant-Garde Jazz
MISHA MENGELBERG
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lost Session, Paris 1979 Avant-Garde Jazz
DAVE BURRELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Rivbea Live! Series Volume 3 Recorded 1974 Avant-Garde Jazz
JIMMY LYONS
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at PS1 Avant-Garde Jazz
TRIO VOLTAÏCITY (AYUMI ISHITO - YUKO TOGAMI - STAN ZENKOV)
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Yene Felagote
UKANDANZ
snobb· 3 days ago
"Ainda Preciso do Sol" Official Music Video - Adrian Younge
ADRIAN YOUNGE
js· 4 days ago
Slawek Jaskulke - The Royal Symphonic Jazz Suite
SŁAWEK JASKUŁKE
snobb· 4 days ago
PEDRITO MARTINEZ ?? ALEXANDER ABREU ?? YOMIL= ILUSIÓN ÓPTICA (Official Video)
PEDRITO MARTINEZ
js· 4 days ago
Christian McBride & Ursa Major - More Is (Official Audio)
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
js· 4 days ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed