A native of Brazil, Marcelo Coelho’s music has been heard all over the places

A native of Brazil, Marcelo Coelho’s music has been heard all over the places. His debut recording as a leader – Colagens – with his group MC4+ garnered high critical accl.. “Forging into a new and exciting rhythmic landscape, Marcelo Coelho breaks new ground with his group on this recording. This is just the beginning – I look forward to further development of the group’s sound along with the leader’s future compositions” says saxophone and educator giant David Liebman.

A graduate of the University of Miami, he earned a Master’s degree in Performance and a Doctor’s degree in Composition, the later at Campinas State University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, while focusing extensively on polyrhythmic improvisation and composition. Because of his research on rhythmic studies, Coelho associated to Ronan Guilfoyle, a major figure on the Irish jazz scene, to put together an organization called IRSA – International Rhythmic Studies Association, dedicated to the sharing and dissemination of information and knowledge regarding the study of rhythm, particularly in regard to jazz, improvised, and other creative musics. Each year IRSA has an annual meetingin which practioners in the field of improvised rhythmic techniques get together to share ideas, play and learn about the latest developments in the field of rhythmic studies.

He can be heard regularly performing on tenor and soprano leading his musical projects: MC4+, MC&RD 4teto, 4teto.ORG, Kyabatt Quartet, and Contrapunto. Coelho has shared the stage with a wide range of muscians, from jazz such as David Liebman, Phil Markowitz, Vincent Gardner, Ed Sarath, Gene Perla, Ronan Guilfoyle, Ron Miller, Gary Keller, Phil DeGreg, Mats Holtne, Cliff Korman, to brazilian and others such as Sizao Machado, Felipe Salles, Sergio Barrozo, Xavier Perez, Felipe Lamoglia, Yaniel Mattos, Rodrigo Dominguez, Ale Demogli among others. He performed in jazz festivals and international jazz meetings in South America, Europe, and the United States.

Marcelo Coelho has spent several years teaching aspiring musicians at Souza Lima Conservatory of Music in Sao Paulo city
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Art Work by Tide Hellmeister - Music by Marcelo Coelho - Video by Rafael Terpins