Márcio Montarroyos (8 July 1948 – 12 December 2007) was a Brazilian jazz trumpet player. Starting his studies with classical piano, he later went to trumpet and jazz. In the 1970s, he traveled to the US to study at

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. In 1988, the Swiss TV invited Montarroyos to produce two one-hour concerts together with the German guitar player Sigi Schwab, bassist Marc Egan, percussionist Freddie Santiago and drummer Guillermo Marchena. In 1992, the German TV network

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invited him, together with Sigi Schwab, to play live concert. In the same year both artists played at the

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Studio 2000+2 . He played with artists including

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, Nancy Wilson,

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

* ''Sessão nostalgia'' (1973) * ''Stone Alliance'' (1977)

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* ''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