Armando de Souza Marçal, better known as Marçalzinho (born 17 December 1956) is a Brazilian

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

ist.

Biography

Marçal started in music at 14. As the son of Mestre Marçal (1930-1994) who operated the largest Brazilian samba school GRES Portela from 1978 to 1986, while his grandfather Armando Marçal was a famous samba composer and formed a famous samba duo together with Alcebíades Bide Barcelos. In United States Marcal worked with artists such as

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progr ...

and Paul Simon. In Brazil he worked alongside big names in Brazilian popular music, such as

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, Veloso,

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, Djavan,

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, 'Blitz',

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and

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. He was introduced to percussion in

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and was also a member of the band 'Lulu'.

Discography

Solo albums

* 2007: ''Lado a Lado'' (Tratore)

Collaborations

;With

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...

* 1985: ''Libra'' (

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) ;With

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* 1987: ''

Still Life (Talking) ''Still Life (Talking)'' is an album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance and was certified gold by the RIAA on July 2, 1992. Track listing Personnel * ...

'' ( Geffen) * 1989: '' Letter from Home'' (Geffen) * 1993: '' The Road to You'' (Geffen), recorded live in Europe ;With

* 1992: '' Secret Story'' (Geffen) ;With

Stephan Remmler Stephan Remmler (born 25 October 1946) is a German singer, composer and producer. He became famous as the lead singer of the German band Trio, alongside Gert Krawinkel, who played the guitar, and Peter Behrens, who played the drums. After the ...

* 1988: ''Lotto'' ( Mercury) ;With Djavan * 1989: ''Djavan'' ( Discos CBS) ;With Paul Simon * 1991: '' The Rhythm of the Saints'' (

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) * 1993: '' The Paul Simon Anthology'' (Warner Bros.) ;With Matt Bianco * 1991: ''Samba in Your Casa'' (

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) ;With Lio * 2005: ''Pop Model'' ( ZE) ;With

* 2007: ''Saudades de Casa'' ( Warner Music Latina) ;With

Stefano Bollani Stefano Bollani (born 5 December 1972) is an Italian composer, pianist and singer, also active as a writer and a television presenter. He has worked with such musicians as Gato Barbieri, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, Sol Gabetta, Richard Gallian ...

* 2008: ''Carioca'' ( EmArcy) ;With

João Bosco João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, known professionally as João Bosco () is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. In the 1970s he established his reputation in ''música popular Brasileira'' (Portuguese: "Brazilian pop music") with lyricist ...

* 2014: ''Samba Fever'' (ARC)

References

External links

Dictionary Cravo Albin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcal, Armando 1956 births Living people Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian percussionists