Jazz Popular Brasileira

"Jazz Popular Brasileiro" is a fine introduction to the vibrant music of Gustavo Marques & Pororocas and gives as a valuable insight into the scope of Brazilian music far from its native shores. Vocalist and guitarist Gustavo Marques grew up surrounded by music in his home city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father encouraged him to play guitar, and later Gustavo studied at the 'Groove' School of Music for six years, and soon after formed his first band 'Rebento' (Luiz Roberto, bass; Eduardo Marques, drums) playing MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira). With Pororocas (Anselmo Netto, mandolin and percussion; Matheus Nova, bass; Eduardo Marques, drums) Gustavo plays a mixture of Bossa nova, Brazilian funk, Chorinho, Afoxé and Samba.