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MATUTO
This quarteto New York with famous musicians of jazz, combines elements of the music of American and Brazilian root, creating an interesting, original and full sound of energy.

CLAY ROSS was born in the small city of Anderson, in the American state of the Carolina of the South. After to conclude bacharelado in arts with concentration in musical composition, it if detached in the circuit of jazz of the Carolina of the South. In 2006 it was chosen to participate of the Program " Ambassadors of the Jazz" e made three turnês world-wide for the Department of the State of the United States. Currently liveing in New Iorque, Clay if presents in theater houses and festivals of music for the world measure as alone artist, with its proper band, and the band of Cyro Baptista, Beat the Donkey. www.clayross.com SHORT ROB brings passion, energy and musicalidade to acordeon, enobrecendo the innumerable rhythmic possibilities and seals of the instrument. The periodical The Los Angeles Teamses says that, " The original compositions of Short combine authentic traditional elements with pitadas convincing of jazz". It is a fan assíduo of American music swing north, bebop jazz piano, funk, rock and blues. It still mixes all these American influences with the equivalents of Brazilian national music: forró, chorinho, samba, maracatu, frevo and all the other musical styles that are part of the Brazilian tradition of acordeon. The result is an original, authentic work and stimulant for fans of all the types. Rob makes turnês and if it presents with the singer Lila Downs, winner of the Latin Grammy. It also participated of the COMPACT DISC most recent of the singer, Shake Away, that was indicated for the Grammy de Melhor Record of World Music.www.robcurto.com

RICHIE BARSHAY is one of the integrant ones of the Herbie Hancock Quartet since 2003 and already it established itself as an important musical influence of its generation. Indicated as one of " musicians to be of olho" for the JazzTimes magazine, it he keeps a full international agenda of commitments with consecrated artists, as Hancock, The Klezmatics, Kenny Werner and Chick Corea, among others. In September of 2004 it was one of the Envoy of American Music for the Department of the State of the United States, together with the band of latin Insight jazz. After five years in the musical circuit of Boston, Richie currently deferred payment in New Iorque. It initiated its career touching jazz and Afro-Latin music, but now he includes between its intersesses musical Indian rhythmic concepts and tabla, that in 2005 he inspired to the launching of its first record " Homework" e of its band The Richie Barshay Project.www.richiebarshay.com

EDWARD PEREZ is a highly active figure in the New York circuit of jazz, latin jazz and South American music. The low sound of its already was heard in the main mundias festivals in Victory (Spain 2006), Moers (Germany 2006), Valence (Spain 2006) and Rasp (Peru 2002, 2004 and 2005). It already divided palco with the stars of the jazz Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Hector Martignon, Greg Hopkins, Lionel Loueke and Tony Lujan. In a typical night in New Iorque, it he can be found touching of everything since music afro-Peruvian until the modern jazz. It presents itself in the main nocturnal houses of the city, including Blue Note, Iridium, Gallery Jazz, Zinc Bar, Smalls, Fat Cat, Tonic, 55 Bar, and Nuyorican Poets Coffee. Edward leads a group of world-wide jazz/fusing, that was baptized with its proper name and also it is managing musical comedy of the band Alcatraz.www.edwardperez.com