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Marcelo Dos Reis

g, acg,
Jazz
A.k.a. Marcelo dos Reis

Marcelo dos Reis, Lisbon 1984. He's one proeminent voice in the new generation of european improvisers. All his work have been widely acclaimed, and beside all the achievements, was nominated one of the best five guitar players at the El Intruso - 8th, 9th and 10th Annual International Critics Poll and Musician of the Year 2017 at jazz.pt Magazine. His idiossincratic approach to the guitar, puts him as one of the key figures of the portuguese improvised music scene. He works in groups like Pedra Contida, Open Field, Frame Trio, In Layers, in duo with Eve Risser and Luís Vicente, also plays in Chamber 4, Staub Quartet and Fail Better!, which were considered best newcomer bands in the last years. Beside his projects he worked and shared the stage with dozens of musicians, such as : Burton Greene, Elliott Sharp, Burkhard Beins, Liz Allbee, Evan Parker, Carlos "Zíngaro", Toshimaru Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Théo Ceccaldi, Werner Dafeldecker among many others. Apart from his work as musician, Marcelo organises the Double Bill - Concert Series, works in a regular basis as composer with the Marionet theatre company, runs the record label Cipsela, and is guitar teacher and coordinator at CNM Music Academy.

Instruments

• Guitar
• Acoustic guitar

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