M Z - drums on all tracks, loops/programming on "Ngene" (Toka Gang intro) Oriente Lopez - keys, composer and arranger on "Tornado" Itaiguara Brandão - bass on "Tornado" Gustavo Assis Brasil - guitars on "Same Day", "Toka Gang" and "Collect Call" 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
"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
With GUSTAVO ASSIS BRASIL - Live in Concert DVD, 2008
With FABIANA MASILI at Cachaça Jazz Club, NYC - aug/2007
DRUM SOLO at Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA - 2005
BIO
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.
Some of his performance/recording credits include - Dig Trio, Prasanna, Cláudio Roditi, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Nilson Matta, Toninho Horta, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hiromi, Hendrik Meurkens, Oriente Lopez, among many others.
Hey Mauricio and thank you so much for add and friendship. Its a great honor to be on your friendlist:) I realy love your work, its just great!! Keep it up!! Wish you all the best!
People are illogical, and unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the world your best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
Fala Zotta,tudo certo por ai ne meu velho. na ultima vinda sua pra ca nao pude estar com voces,por motivos de forca maior. Mas lamentei bastante o fato, porque sempre que tocamos juntos e um deleite pra mim, alem da otima compania de todos os amigos de Rio Claro. Mas o mais importante e que estamos com saude e paz no coracao, e iremos logo estar juntos novamente. Isso e certo. Saudade, abraco a familia toda. Finazzi
E aí, beleza?? Valeu por adicionar! Cara, muito legal seu som! Parabéns! Muito bom mesmo!! Quando quiser... é só falar!! Vamos fazer um som! Fica com Deus! Abração
Mauricaooo..como se ta my friend? olha só..colocamos novos videos..show q fizemos em BH!!! veja o que seu amigo guitarrista ta fazendo!!! hehe..tocando muitoo!!! Mande news qnd puder!!! abraçãoo cara...nos falamos!!! rike
o mauricião aprontando eu to sempre e de tudo hehehehe. ve se aparece quando vir né... eu e o bruno ficamos de cara que tu não disse que tava por aqui. tem previsão de quando vai aparecer? abra.
grande zota!!!!!!!!! muito bom te encontrar aqui grande! bora faze aquele som next time!!!! grande abracoooo continue qubrando tudo na musica e na pessoa que vc é... so seu fã!!!!!!!! tudo de bom pra vc e milene!!!! abraxxx
e muito bom poder te encontrar aki nesse CrackSpace. Que sonzeira!!! Huau Dom Salvadoe trio. Edson Machado O rei do Estacio!!! E isso ai. Obrigado pelo add.
Grande Mauricio, ja ha bastante tempo k nao falamos Espero k tudo esteja a correr bem, um grande abraco de todos aqui pra voces, e desejos de um optimo 2008 Falamos em breve Saudades de todos Tim
yoo MZ! hope all is well man...I'll be in nyc after new years so I'll try to check out where you might be playing...say hi to melanie for me and enjoy the holidays.
