Entitled 7 LIVES, the album features Mauricio's drumming, original compositions, and a line-up of incredible musicians:
GUSTAVO ASSIS-BRASIL ** ITAIGUARA BRANDAO ** MILENE CORSO ** BRANDI DISTERHEFT ** DOM SALVADOR ** ORIENTE LOPEZ** ESPERANZA SPALDING ** CIDINHO TEIXEIRA ** RODRIGO URSAIA
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M Z - drums on all tracks, loops/programming on "Ngene" (Toka Gang intro) Oriente Lopez - keys, composer and arranger on "Tornado", piano on "Pinocchio", flutes on "7 Lives" Itaiguara Brandão - bass on "Tornado", "7 Lives" and "Pinocchio" Gustavo Assis Brasil - guitars on "Same Day", "Toka Gang", "Collect Call", "Pinocchio" and "7 Lives" Rodrigo Ursaia - tenor sax on "Pinocchio" David Pinto - bass on "Toka Gang" and "Collect Call" José Pienasola - el. bass on "Same Day"; acoustic on "Tem Dó" Gilson Schachnik - piano on "Tem Dó"
"Hidden Mandala" Credits
Marc Rossi - piano, composer Bill Urmson - bass Lance Van Lenten - sax, flute Gheeta Bennett - vocals
Influences
Too many to mention..... basically, anything that is honest and sounds good! I love Jazz, Funk, Rock, Brazilian Jazz, Pop, and lots and lots of other stuff.
Sounds Like
>>> SOME PRESS QUOTES <<<
“(…)the stupendous drummer Mauricio Zottarelli…” Grupo Notícias on-line (The News Group on-line) – Spain
Latino América Exterior (on-line) - Spain
“Mauricio Zottarelli is a hot new talent to watch out for!” John Stevenson – www.ejazznews.com
"Mauricio is one of today’s most distinctly musical drummers." metalhaven.livejournal.com
"Mauricio Zottarelli is a machine! Keep your eyes on him." DRUM PRO Magazine
" Zottarelli shows us that he can adapt efficiently to any musical style with amazing ability." Metronome Magazine - Boston, MA
"The Brazilian drummer Mauricio Zottarelli (...) plays a hard funk beat
completely in time and grooves with the precision of a Swiss
clockwork..." Silvano Gerosa - Jazz n' More magazine - Switzerland (on Hiromi's concert review - jan 2009)
With Fabiana Masili Quintet - at Zinc Bar - NYC - 2008
With Hiromi's Sonic Bloom at Duc Des Lombards, Paris, France - april 2009
With Hiromi's Sonic Bloom at the Phillippines Jazz Festival, Manila, Phillippines - march 2009
With Hiromi's Sonic Bloom at the Jamboree Jazz Club, Barcelona, Spain - nov 2008
With Hiromi's Sonic Bloom at the Jamboree Jazz Club, Barcelona, Spain - nov 2008 Part 2
With GUSTAVO ASSIS BRASIL - Live in Concert DVD, 2008
BIOGRAPHY
Coming from a musical family, Mauricio Zottarelli has been living and breathing music ever since he can remember. Born in Santos, SP, Brazil, he moved with his parents to their hometown, Rio Claro, SP, still as a toddler. With the city's and country 's rich music and culture traditions all around him, Mauricio grew up in a highly musical environment, and it was just a matter of time before he chose a career in music - or as he puts it, music chose him.
His first few years of professional experience as a drummer included studio and session work, performing throughout his native country with several Brazilian groups and artists while, at the same time, getting a degree in Computer Science.
Mauricio moved to the US in 1999 as a scholarship student to study at Berklee College of Music, in Boston - MA. During the next 3 years, Mauricio studied simultaneously Film Scoring, Performance and Arranging, and graduated from the prestigious college in 2002. More recently, Mauricio has been studying Indian rhythms with the amazing South Indian guitar player Prasanna, and has studied piano and composition with jazz-instructor Charlie Banacos. He moved to New York City in 2006.
Mauricio is a critically acclaimed, award winning percussionist/drummer, the co-leader of the jazz fusion project Dig Trio. The group released its first CD in 2003, which has received great reviews from critics and audiences alike. In 2005, he was elected the best drummer at the 2005 Emergenza International Festival for Independent bands (Boston finals), while performing with the Matt Chase Group.
Best known for his musicality, impeccable time and ability to play in several different styles, Mauricio is often seen performing with some of the most preeminent jazz, fusion, pop/rock, Latin and Brazilian names in today's music scene. Mauricio is currently a member of Hiromi's Sonicbloom.
Some of his other performance/recording credits include - Dig Trio, Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Prasanna, Cláudio Roditi, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Jovino Santos Neto, Nilson Matta, Toninho Horta, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hendrik Meurkens, Oriente Lopez, among many others.
Aaron Koppel Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club 11/20 and 11/21
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it.
Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club The Aaron Koppel Quartet 5-8:30p, Corey Wilkes group plays at 9:30p 11 E. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 The Aaron Koppel Quartet performing original music from "The Wild Call Of The Multi-Takser" and their new album "Falling Together Falling Apart", jazz standards, covers by Radiohead and James Brown. New album will be available for purchase at the show. 21+ Cover $10
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums http://www.andysjazzclub.com http://www.myspace.com/aaronkoppelmusic http://www.coreywilkes.com
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