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Moreira Chonguiça is a Mozambican jazz saxophonist. In 2010 he started a jazz festival, Morejazz, in Maputo; artists invited to play at the festival also hold master-classes at the Eduardo Mondlane University of the city. In June 2010 his group The Moreira Project opened the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. He collaborated with Manu Dibango on the album M & M, which was released in 2017.
Discography
- The Moreira Project Vol 1 - The Journey (2005)
- The Moreira Project Vol 2 - Citizen of the World (2009)
- Khanimambo (2011)
- MP Reloaded (2013)
- Sensasons (2014)
- Live at Polana Serena Hotel (2015)
- M & M: Moreira Chonguica & Manu Dibango (2017)
References
- The Afro-jazz of Moreira Chonguiça. Focus on Africa. BBC. Accessed October 2018.
- Struan Douglas (28 February 2017). Music festival in Maputo adds to creative economy: The annual Morejazz event in Mozambique attracts 6,000 visitors to the capital’s multi-ethnic and multiracial cultural energy. BusinessDay. Accessed October 2018.
- Atiyyah Khan (24 June 2010). Moreira Project - Original Brand of Jazz. AllAfrica. Accessed October 2018.
- Socrates Mbamalu (7 April 2017). Moreira Chonguica and Manu Dibango release an album M&M. This Is Africa. Accessed October 2018.