Amaro Freitas
- Type: Bandleader
- Born: 1991 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Biography
Amaro Freitas is a jazz pianist and composer from Recife, Brazil, whose trio with bassist Jean Elton and drummer Hugo Medeiros fuses modern jazz with the maracatu, frevo and bai茫o rhythms of his home state, Pernambuco. His albums 'Sangue Negro' (2016) and 'Rasif' (2018) brought him international attention, 'Sankofa' (2021) on #Far Out Recordings# framed his music as a recovery of Black Brazilian history, and the Amazon-inspired 'Y'Y' followed in 2024.