Maguinho Alcantara

Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1967, from a musical family, he started working professionaly at 16 He is very active musician on the music scene,and he’s also in demand for recordings He’s played with: Lô Borges, Fábio Jr., Simone, Leila Pinheiro, Djavan, Gal Costa, Johnny Alf, Jane Duboc, Chico Buarque, Francis Hime, Claudia Leite, Ana Caran, Chitãozinho & Xororó.,Roberta Miranda,Chuck Berry,Gerorge Benson, Wojtek Pilichowski,Idolos(Brazil) High School Musical(Brazil) and others Instrumentalists like: Natan Marques, Ricardo Leão, Nico Assumpção, Arthur Maia, Raul de Souza, Márcio Montarroyos, Pixinga, Victor Biglione, Joe Calderazzo T-Square ( japonese group), Jean-Pierre Zanella ( from Canadian) Gerorge Benson Festivals: Tubingen,(Germany)-Gal Costa Montreux Jazz Festival(Switzerland)- Victor Biglione,Gal Costa and Chico Buaque Montreal Jazz Festival (Canadian)- Natan Marques & Ricardo Leao,Victor Biglione ,Jean Pierre Zannella Free Jazz Festival (Brazil) Natan Marques & Ricardo Leao Blue Note (New York) Victor Biglione & Jean Pierre Zannella Cd Solo: Todos Por Um and Play-Along, Todos Por Um 2 ,Todos Por Um ( Pedra no Sapato) and Duo Brazuca Kitchen Endorsements: Bosphorus Cymbals, Pearl, Vic Firth, Peles mod Dudu Portes-Luen