Marcos Silva Quartet - "brasil From Head To Toe" at California Jazz Conservatory

Back by popular demand, Marcos Silva will present original compositions from his recent CD "Brasil From Head to Toe" plus more yet-to-be-recorded songs and old favorites. Don't miss this show!

Artist Bio
Grammy-nominated, composer-arranger and educator Marcos Silva has toured with many of the world's notable artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, Bud Shank, Dori Caymmi, Toninho Horta and was musical director for Flora Purim and Airto Moreira for 24 years. Marcos has written arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie’s band and replaced Gil Evans as arranger-composer of Airto’s Spiritual Mass in Germany...

read more

Back by popular demand, Marcos Silva will present original compositions from his recent CD "Brasil From Head to Toe" plus more yet-to-be-recorded songs and old favorites. Don't miss this show!

Artist Bio
Grammy-nominated, composer-arranger and educator Marcos Silva has toured with many of the world's notable artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, Bud Shank, Dori Caymmi, Toninho Horta and was musical director for Flora Purim and Airto Moreira for 24 years. Marcos has written arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie’s band and replaced Gil Evans as arranger-composer of Airto’s Spiritual Mass in Germany. He is sought after as a record producer, and has produced three of his own. Marcos heads the Brazilian Music Department at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley.

show less