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 twenty-first century. McCann explores the links between the growth of the culture industry, rapid industrialization, and the rise and fall of Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo dictatorship. He does this by analyzing the political effect on radio and music as well as the link between culture and national identity to the music created and produced. Composer Lamartine Babo along with musician are two of the many credited for helping turn the musical and popular culture tide in Brazil. Their Afro-Brazilian fusion of music as well as performance style for the radio and other audiences cements popular culture for years to come.