Band - Marcelli & Tabora Quartet

Marcelli / Tabora Quartet
Lito Tabora (p), Andreas Henze (b), Andrea Marcelli (dr), Daniel "Topo" Gioia (perc.)
...Latin / Groove / Jazz.

www.myspace.com/andreamarcelli
http://www.global-music-institute.net/cms/global-music-boxx/teachers/lito-tabora
http://www.cathrin-pfeifer.de/g/projekte/musiker/andreas.html

4 of the best musicians in town from four different countries and 3 continents...Philippine, Argentina, Germany and Italy will play a very special and exiting evening of groove Jazz, energy and rhythmic dialogue. Not only Latin jazz...


Drummer/composer ANDREA MARCELLI moved to the USA in 1989, spending
eight years in Los Angeles and four in New York City. He has resided in Berlin since 2001. Two of his tunes are included in both “The European Real Book“ and “The Digital Real Book part 2“. He is leading an active international musical life, performing with Wayne Shorter, Don Menza, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Eddie Gomez, Ralph Towner, Eberhard Weber, Markus Stockhausen, Palle Danielsson,
John Patitucci, Mike Mainieri, Hiram Bullock, Frank Gambale, Andy Summers and others. He recorded many albums and two critical acclaimed Cds with legendary Major Label Verve/PolyGram.

LITO TABORA was born in the Philippine. toured through Europe with Percy Sledge, George McCrae, Uwe Gehring, The Drifters, The Flirtations and The Platters. In 1987 he finally settled in Berlin. Since then he has performed with Paquito d’Riviera, Claudio Roditi, Jacaré, Eddie Harris, Hendrik Meurkens, Jack Walrath, Benny Bailey. He taught piano at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”, from 1996 to 2005. His CD “Understanding”, released in 1999, was a milestone in his career and accurately reflects the diversity of his musical influences from Jazz through Cuban to Brazilian and African music.

Born in Argentina, percussionist DANIEL "TOPO" GIOIA has lived in Berlin since 1977 and performed in Japan, USA and almost all European countries. With his project "Pa Que" Daniel "Topo" Gioia won the prize for best fusion group in the 1988 competition of the Berlin Senate and was best percussion player in the "Latin Percussion Competition" in Germany (main juror: Alex Acuna). He has played for
over 100 CDs and records. He currently plays for Yvonne Catterfeld, including many TV and live appearances. He also played with Steve Lacy, John Newton, Giora Feidmann, Lalo Schifrin, Oreste Vilato and Raoul Rekow of "Santana", Ray Anderson, Anny Whithead, Hendrik Meurkens, Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Farandouri
and many others.

ANDREAS HENZE: Kontrabass
88-94 klassisches Kontrabassstudium an der Musikakademie der Stadt Kassel
seit 99 in Berlin als gefragter Kontrabassist in den verschiedensten Projekten überwiegend im Bereich Jazz und improvisierte Musik tätig. Her hat gespielt mit: Lee Konitz, Mark Murphy, Hannelore Hoger, "Hüftgold", Lynne ArrialeTrio... Jack Walrath, Wolfgang Schlüter, Lars Kuklinski, Herbert Grönemeyer. Theaterengagements u. a. am Deutschen Theater Göttingen, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Freie Kammerspiele
Magdeburg, Berliner Ensemble.