Leandro Fortes is a Brazilian guitar player, and has been working as an instrumentalist, composer and educator for over 15 years. During his career he has shared the stage with great names in music, like: Vinícius Dorin, André Mehmari, Izabel Padovani, Gabriel Grossi, Salomão Soares, Davy Mooney, Gina Roche and the legendary Les Paul, just to name a few.
His latest release Diagonal is an original album by Leandro Fortes, which blends elements of Latin Music, Classical, Jazz and Progressive Rock with his Brazilian roots. According to pianist Fábio Torres (Grammy Award winner), "the work has reached a rare maturity, and created original sonorities exploring timbres and counterpoints."
Fortes brings his own arrangements for the sextet, formed by Rafael Calegari (bass), Mauro Borghezan (drums), Larissa Novo (flute), Sebastián Cavallaro (sax), Tácio Vieira (cello) and himself on the guitar. As stated by Davy Mooney (professor at UNT - University of North Texas) "the new sextet is shock, full of hip writing - rhythmically, harmonically and melodically - and the solos are exciting and hip!”
