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. Montarroyos died on 12 December 2007 of lung cancer.Allmusic
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Discography

* ''Sessão nostalgia'' (1973) * ''Stone Alliance'' (1977) PM Records * ''Trompete internacional'' (1981) * ''Magic moment'' (1982) * ''Carioca'' (1984) * ''Samba Solstice'' (1987) * ''Terra mater'' (1989) * ''Marcio Montarroyos'' (1995)

References

1948 births 2007 deaths Brazilian jazz musicians Brazilian jazz trumpeters 20th-century trumpeters {{Brazil-musician-stub