RENATO DIZ | SÉRGIO TAVARES

Renato Diz – piano & extended techniques 

Sérgio Tavares – double bass & extended techniques 

Recorded on January 3, 2020, at Auditório Municipal de Castelo de Paiva, Portugal, by Renato Diz with remote supervision by José Diogo Neves. 

Yamaha CF6 piano provided and serviced by José and Leonel Neto Rocha. 

Mixed and mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia. 

Original photo by Dária Salgado. 

Cover design by Maria Mónica. 

Produced by Porta-Jazz, Renato Diz, and Sérgio Tavares. 

All the music in this recording was created and performed by Renato Diz (ASCAP) and Sérgio Tavares (SPA).

 ℗ © 2025 by Renato Diz and Sérgio Tavares. A Carimbo Porta-Jazz edition. All rights reserved. 

Between Time and Now is a hurtle through eighteen years of kinship between Renato and Sérgio. Each moment evolves in the confluence of ingenuous and entranced minds, crystallizing the memory, eventually unwavering in the acceptance of rumors uttered by celestial bodies, and the irresistible will to create through shared surprises, discoveries, and disquiets. This work exists in a dual meaning amidst balances and contradictions, at times in permanence, at times in agile inflection, perpetually in gestural roam between a controlled shadow and the untouchable silence. 

Between Time and Now é uma vertigem por dezoito anos de cumplicidade entre o Renato e o Sérgio. Cada momento evolui na confluência de mentes ingénuas e absortas, cristalizando a memória, eventualmente inabalável na aceitação dos rumores proferidos pelos astros na sua vontade irresistível de criar através de surpresas, descobertas e inquietações partilhadas. Esta obra existe num significado dualistico entre equilíbrios e contradições, ora na permanência, ora na inflexão ágil, perpetuamente em divagação gestual entre a sombra controlada e o silêncio intocável.