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LunÀtico warmly welcomes Brazilian drum phenom Mauricio Zottarelli with this fabulous lineup:
Mauricio Zotarelli ~ Drums
Gili Lopes ~ Bass
Hélio Alves ~ Piano
Caleb Curtis ~ Sax
Brazilian born, New York City-based drummer/composer MAURICIO ZOTARELLI has been on the forefront of the Jazz, Latin and Brazilian music scenes for many years. A Grammy nominated artist, Zottarelli has been called “superb”, “outstanding”, “dynamic” and “extraordinary” by esteemed musical publications all over the world.
Mauricio comes from a musical family and was born in Santos, SP, Brazil, but grew up in Rio Claro, SP in a highly musical environment. His first few years as a professional musician consisted of many performances throughout his native country as well as studio and session work with different artists and bands. He has worked and shared the stage with some of the most important and notable artists of today, crossing over many musical styles. Some of them are:
Hiromi * Eliane Elias * Toquinho * Prasanna * Lee Ritenour * Dave Grusin * Esperanza Spalding * Eddie Daniels * Cristina Pato * Keiko Matsui * Richard Bona * Paquito D’Rivera * Richard Galliano * Chico Pinheiro * Cláudio Roditi * Joe Locke * Geoffrey Keezer * Mike Pope * Eldar * Ivan Lins * Carmen Souza * Chuck Loeb * Rosa Passos * Dom Salvador * Jovino Santos Neto * Cidinho Teixeira * Christos Rafalides * Romero Lubambo * Nilson Matta * Toninho Horta * Oriente Lopez * Filó Machado * Gustavo Assis Brasil * Itaiguara Brandão * Hendrik Meurkens * Reza Khan * Carmen Cuesta * Bakithi Kumalo * Aline Muniz *Steve Sandberg * Richard Boukas * Gabriel Espinosa * Dario Boente *Matt King * Marcos Silva * Sergio Pereira * Yunior Terry * Rafael Piccolotto de Lima & Chamber orchestra, among many others.