User:Pdebee/Fernando Lameirinhas

Fernando Arlindo Lameirinhas , (born 5 March, 1944) is a Portuguese singer, guitarist and songwriter. His family moved to Belgium in 1959 and he has resided in the Netherlands since 1975.

Lameirinhas and his younger brother António (Toni), born in 1947, were popular in the late 1960s as Jess & James, performing soul music with the J.J. Band, with whom they recorded the hit singles “Move” and “Something for Nothing”, and three albums. In the 1970s, the Lameirinhas brothers enjoyed further success as part of Sail-Joia, recording three albums and the hit single “Amsterdão”. After several other associations with jazz and world musicians in the 1980s, Fernando Lameirinhas launched his solo career in 1993, and has recorded a dozen albums with his brother Toni on bass and vocals, along with a changing core of backing musicians augmented by guests, such as fado singer Mafalda Arnauth on the album Pessoa in 2013, which celebrated the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.

Early life
Fernando Lameirinhas was born in Porto, Portugal, on 5 March, 1944.

The family emigrated to Charleroi, Belgium, in 1959.

Citation for review of Fernando Lameirinhas's biography (in Dutch)

Career
Lameirinhas started performing from the age of 17 and, in the early 1960s, he and his younger brother António played in pop bands, singing and writing songs in English. In 1965, the brothers moved to London and worked as session musicians.

Returned to Brussels, Belgium in 1967 and created Jess & James and the J.J. Band, which was very successful until 1970. At the time, their compositions were signed "Wando Lam & Toni Lam".

The brothers moved to London in 1971, busking in Hyde Park and Portobello Road and re-discovering his Portuguese roots and also connecting with Brazilian music styles.

After returning to Brussels, formed a trio called Joia, which fused with a trio of American singers called Sail. The new line-up relocated to Amsterdam in 1975 and started touring as Joia-Sail until 1980. After four albums (three studio and one live), the Lameirinhas brothers continued to release albums as Ginga (1981) and Joia (1982-1988), the group which involved jazz musicians such as Sean Bergin, Michael Moore and Franky Douglas.

In 1992, Lameirinhas launched his solo career, still with his brother António on bass. The album Live was reviewed in fRoots No.226.

Solo

 * Lágrimas e Risos (Topkapi, 1994)
 * Vida Vida (Topkapi, 1997)
 * Fadeando (Biram, 1999)
 * O Destino (Munich Records, 2000)
 * Live (Munich Records, 2001)
 * Alegria do triste (Munich Records, 2002)
 * Meu Fado - Live in Carré CD+DVD (Trusten, 2006)
 * Fado Blue (Rounder Europe, 2006)
 * Anaïna (Coast to Coast, 2007)
 * Eterno (Coast to Coast, 2011)
 * Pessoa (Coast to Coast, 2013)

With Jess & James

 * The Pebbles/Jess & James – Pop made in Belgium (1966)
 * Move (Palette, 1967)
 * Revolution, Evolution, Change! (Palette, 1968)
 * Jess & James (Palette, 1969)

With Sail-Joia

 * Sail-Joia (Biram, 1976)
 * Mare Alta (Biram, 1977)
 * Live at Last! At The Milkyway, Amsterdam (Biram, 1979)
 * Amsterdão, The Best of Sail-Joia (Biram, 2002)

With others

 * A New Exciting Experience (Palette/Polydor, 1970) - The Free Pop Electronic Concept (with Arsène Souffriau)
 * Fernando's Ginga - Ride the Night (Biram, 1981)
 * Joia (Biram, 1988)

Filmography

 * Mortinho por Chegar a Casa (Dying to Go Home) (1996)

Honours

 * Lameirinhas was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in January 2015.