João Pais Filipe . Drums
João Guimarães . Alto Saxophone
Marcelo dos Reis . Electric Guitar
José Miguel Pereira . Double Bass
Luís Vicente . Trumpet

FAIL BETTER! is a collaborative group born out of pre-existing projects that brought together part of the members of this quintet (The Nap, Frame Trio and Guimarães/Pais duo)..

The music you can hear on this record is freely improvised and was captured during a live concert , in a fantastic venue in the city of Coimbra, called Salão Brazil. It was the third of five concerts given by this band during a tour on february 2013. This concert was held in a context of an artistic residency promoted by JACC - Jazz ao Centro Clube.

Críticas

Fail Better!: “Zero Sum” por Rui Eduardo Paes

"... está aqui alguma da melhor música que a nova geração de improvisadores portugueses tem para oferecer."

Fail Better!: Zero Sum (2014)

"The free improvised music is developed patiently and slowly, stressing deep listening and a highly supportive interplay, rich with imaginative ideas and nuances." 

"Fail Better! is an impressive ensemble of resourceful and imaginative improvisers."

FAIL BETTER! / Zero Sum (Jacc Records)

"This group plays a more agitated form of free improvisation while maintaining acute listening and nurturing stirking individualities"

Fail Better!: Zero Sum

"El núcleo del alegato creativo de Fail Better! se aposenta en los márgenes de la improvisación libre sin desdeñar del avant- jazz, el rock progresivo, la música drone y la electrónica, entre otros; pero lo que le otorga un valor distintivo e incontrastable es la infrecuente cualidad para dotar a su propuesta –en el contexto de una experimentación en tiempo real– de un sentido narrativo muy personal, ingenioso y perspicaz."