Marcos Suzano Marcos Suzano Marcos Suzano (b. 1963) is a Brazilian percussionist, famous for playing with many Brazilian and international musicians, such as Nando Reis and Titãs. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Originally a rock fan, he experienced a carnaval bloco and became passionate about percussion thereafter. He quickly settled on the pandeiro as his primary instrument after witnessing the artistry of Jorginho do Pandeiro of the choro group Época de Ouro. By the 1990s, Marcos Suzano had become perhaps the most recorded and widely hailed percussionist in Brazil. His technical innovations on pandeiro include an active left hand, which
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil is a book by historian Bryan McCann published by Duke University Press in 2004. This book discusses the social impacts of Brazilian music in society and culture between the 1920s-1950s. Alongside the social impacts during the time period, the book also analyzes the long term effects of the music in Brazilian culture and how it shaped modern day Brazil. McCann's thesis in this book is that through the political movement of Getúlio Vargas Estado Novo (Brazil), the growth