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Brian Marsella - piano
Itai Kriss - flute
Jason Fraticelli - bass
Tim Keiper - drums 

Gatos do Sul is Brian Marsella’s Brazilian-inspired band. Formed through a commission by John Zorn, Marsella uses a kaleidoscopic lens to explore classical, folkloric, pop and jazz traditions of Brazil. The music is a feast for both the feet and ears and draws inspiration from Ernesto Nazareth, Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Pixinguinha and more. Gatos do Sul was released on Zorn’s label Tzadik and was chosen as a best album of 2020 by Downbeat.

“Marsella is as versatile and talented a pianist as you will find” - Frank Alkyer, Downbeat

A Philadelphia native, Marsella moved to New York in 1998 and has been touring and recording consistently since. He’s released 19 albums as a leader or co- leader. His projects include the large ensembles iMAGiNARiUM and Gatos do Sul, the jazz quintet The Flail, the psychedelic surf-rock trio The Modulators, Archipelago X as well as two acoustic piano trios (one featuring Kenny Wollesen and Trevor Dunn and the other with Christian McBride and Anwar Marshall.) OUTSPOKEN: The Music of Hasaan Ibn Ali (McBride, Marshall) was chosen as a Best Album of 2018 by The New York City Jazz Record. Brian can also be heard on over 50 other albums including 25 on John Zorn's TZADIK label.

Over the past 7 years, Brian has become a central figure in John Zorn's world as a musician in both his Masada and Bagatelle projects as well as a member of Zorn's Cobra, New Electric Masada, powerhouse quartet Chaos Magick (John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, and Kenny Grohowski), new piano trio with Ches Smith and Jorge Roeder and the jazz quartet Incerto (Smith, Roeder and Julian Lage).

Marsella has also been a member of Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey and founding member of Banquet of the Spirits.