Armando Marçal
Armando de Souza Marçal (born December 17, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro ; also called Marçalzinho ) is a Brazilian percussionist .
Life
Armando Marçal began making music at the age of 14. He comes from a well-known Brazilian family of musicians. His father Mestre Marçal (1930–1994) ran the largest Brazilian samba school GRES Portela from 1978 to 1986 , while his grandfather Armando Marçal was a well-known samba composer and who formed a famous samba duo with Alcebíades Barcelos . As Mestre Marçalzinho, he also headed the bateria (drumming group) of GRES Portela in 2005 .
Armando Marçal played for numerous international artists, including Pat Metheny , Paul Simon , Don Cherry , Gal Costa and many others. In Germany he played for the singer Stephan Remmler on the song Vogel der Nacht (1986). He made his first solo CD in 2006, which was released by Scud in 2007 under the title Lado a Lado .
Discography
- 1986: Senti Firmeza
- 2007: Lado a Lado
- 2014: Samba Fever (with João Bosco and Ivan Lins)
Web links
- Marçalzinho in: Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (Portuguese)
- Sound carrier by Armando Marçal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Armando Marçal at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luis Juracy Rangel Lemos: Non dire dove abita… La "DINASTIA MARÇAL" ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: RIOMA, October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marçal, Armando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marçalzinho; Marçal, Armando de Souza (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian percussionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |