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
Pandeiro one can run a finger along the head to produce a roll. The Pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, and capoeira music. The Brazilian Pandeiro derives from the pandeireta or pandereta of Spain and Portugal. The term "Pandeiro" was previously used to describe a square double-skinned frame drum, often with a bell inside; such an instrument is now known by the term "adufe" in Spain and Portugal. It is derived from an earlier Arabic or Moorish instrument still found in North Africa. The term "pandeiro" ("pandero" in Asturian) is still used