Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Marcos Silva performs worldwide. Nominated for a Grammy, he has toured with many world-renowned artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, Bud Shank, Dori Caymmi, Toninho Horta, Edu Lobo, Chico Pinheiro, Romero Lubambo and many others. He was musical director for Flora Purim and Airto Moreira for 24 years, has written arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie’s band, and replaced Gil Evans as arranger-composer of Airto’s Spiritual Mass in Germany. He is sought after as a producer of CDs, including three of his own. Marcos has been teaching Brazilian Music at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, California for 28 years.