Hello! Thanks for checking out my site! My name is Marcel and I make music. Some of my music leans more toward Jazz, some is more Brazilian (I was born and raised in Brazil), other times it gets closer to classical music or it might even be more rock/pop or singer-songwriter oriented. My music almost always has a sense of humor - to balance out its serious side.
Some of you might know me as a sideman; for the past 20 years or so I’ve worked with a wide variety of artists. I’ve toured as a guitarist with Michael Bublé and, more recently, as musical director for Gretchen Parlato’s new group, Flor. I’ve also worked with
a number of other artists, some of the more renowned being Herb Alpert, Sérgio Mendes, Bebel Gilberto, Tom Harrell, Arthur Verocai, Macy Gray, Inara George, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson . I’ve written original music with Jason Mraz and Daniel Boaventura, I’ve also arranged and orchestrated Jason’s music to be performed with the San Diego Symphony and the New York Pops orchestra. I’ve played guitar on feature films like Rio 2, Pitch Perfect 3, TV shows like
Dexter (on Showtime) and Supernatural (the WB). When I’m not playing guitar or writing I write arrangements, orchestrate and produce music.
