Manuel Mota (guitarist)
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Manuel Mota
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place =Lisbon, Portugal
| genre = Free improvisation
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active = 1976–present
| label = Headlights
| associated_acts =
}}
Manuel Mota (born October 22, 1970) is a jazz guitarist from Lisbon, Portugal.
Career
Mota started playing guitar at 15. Although his interest was in blues rock, he turned to free improvisation and experimental music in the 1980s. He has a degree in architecture and owns the record label Headlights.{{cite web |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Manuel M. Mota |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/manuel-m-mota-mn0000954883/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=14 February 2019 }}
Discography
=As leader=
- I Wish I'd Never Met You (Headlights, 1999)
- For Your Protection Why Don't You Just Paint Yourself Real Good Like an Indian (Headlights, 2001)
- Leopardo (Rossbin, 2002)
- Quartets (Headlights, 2004)
- Outubro (Headlights, 2006)
- Sings (Headlights, 2009)
- ST 13 (Headlights, 2014)
- 090114 (Headlights, 2014)
- Blackie - Solo Guitar (Headlights, 2014)
- Sete (Headlights, 2015)
- Exodus (Headlights, 2015)
- Lacrau with David Grubbs (Blue Chopsticks, 2018)
References
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Category:Portuguese male guitarists
Category:Portuguese jazz guitarists
Category:Avant-garde jazz guitarists
Category:21st-century guitarists