Biography: M'Boom, Márcio Faraco, Marcio Mattos, Marcio Montarroyos, Marco Benevento, Marco Cerletti, Marco de Carvalho, Marco Eneidi, Marcos Ariel, Marcos Silva,

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M'Boom
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Genre:Jazz

In 1970, Max Roach first organized M’Boom, a unique unit comprised entirely of percussionists By utilizing such instruments as marimba, xylophone, tympani, vibes, bells, gongs, drum sets, and even a musical saw, Roach leads a very colorful and self-sufficient group

Márcio Faraco Biography, Photos, Pictures

Máracio Faraco’s father was in the military, but he was also a guitarist who bought his son a guitar at age ten and taught him to play The family moved around Brazil when Faraco was a child, exposing him to various styles of music, before settling in Brasilia

Marcio Mattos Biography, Photos, Pictures

Marcio Mattos has performed as cellist and double bassist in a variety of recordings and concerts of improvised and new music since the 1970s Mattos studied acoustic guitar during his early teens, but switched to his current instruments after becoming interested in jazz

Marcio Montarroyos Biography, Photos, Pictures

Márcio Montarroyos is one of the most important Brazilian trumpeters Extremely active since the ’70s as a session man for a who’s who of Brazilian popular singers, he coined a recognizable sound in the dawn of studio sound manipulation with cascading echoes

Marco Benevento Biography, Photos, Pictures

Marco Benevento is a young keyboardist whose jazz-rooted work has expanded to include indie rock, jam band, and post-rock/experimental influences Born in 1977 and raised in the northern New Jersey town of Livingston, Benevento studied piano and befriended an aspiring drummer named Joe Russo in a junior-high detention hall

Marco Cerletti Biography, Photos, Pictures

The first European to release an album of Chapman stick music, Marco Cerletti has continued to blend classical, jazz and rock influences Accompanied by his band, featuring lead vocalist, acoustic guitarist and saxophonist Roland Frei, flute, tambourine and alto saxophone player and vocalist Andres Grieder and drummer, vibraphonist and percussionist Fritz Hauser, Cerletti continues to build complex aural landscapes

Marco de Carvalho Biography, Photos, Pictures

Marco de Carvalho is a journeyman on the Brazilian music scene, putting in time now and then for solo albums, but doing the bulk of his work as a session player or on the local club circuits

Marco Eneidi Biography, Photos, Pictures

Eneidi is one of the most exciting free jazz saxophonists He plays fast and hard, with a bright tone and fertile imagination; few improvisers have quicker reflexes Eneidi grew up in the San Francisco Bay area

Marcos Ariel Biography, Photos, Pictures

Since the ’70s, Marcos Ariel has dedicated himself to Brazilian instrumental music and jazz, reaching international status throughout the next decade Ariel studied classical music in his childhood, being attracted to jazz later by the likes of Hermeto Pascoal and Chick Corea