Mozik Mozik

Pianist Gilson Schachnik and Drummer Mauricio Zottarelli Offer A Muscular new Take on Brazilian Jazz on New Project MOZIK. “Seamlessly blending funk, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms… The quintet’s music is both warm and intelligent”, says All About Jazz. Downbeat Magazine qualifies them as “Vivacious and exciting.”
 
While pianist Gilson Schachnik and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli were both born in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil it wasn’t until they landed in Boston that Brazilian music seized their imagination. Reared on hard rock, European classical music, blues, funk and jazz, they independently found their way to Berklee College of Music, earning scholarships to study at the prestigious institution. After swimming in a sea of Brazilianness, moving to the United States provided a sudden, jarring perspective shift, and a reappraisal of their relationship to their musical birthright. Their captivating new album MOZIK reflects their deep engagement with Brazilian rhythms and forms, filtered through their love of the early fusion of Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock.
 
The project features a fascinating international cast of US-based musicians, including Brazilian guitarist Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Russian flutist Yulia Musayelyan and Argentine bassist Fernando Huergo. The quintet navigates effortlessly the intricate grooves with much precision and power, from Afoxé beats to Maracatú grooves, baião, samba, folkloric melodies, and bossa-nova and jazz inspired harmonies.
 

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