Marcelo Cardozo is based
in New York City since 1999.
He is currently playing with his own project, the Marcelo
Cardozo Trio. "Crossworld" -the trio's 2nd album-
was released in 2005. The trio
debut CD, "Wintertime"
has been released on July 2003. Both albums feature all original
compositions.
During all these years he
has been continously working as a touring performer and recording
artist with Jigsaww (a Westchester based band
which is about releasing its first album), Nhojj (with whom
he recorded "Someday Peace
Love And Freedom" and "Soul Comfort"), Sarah DeLeo and ZiloGroove.
Also as part of his
collaborative work he got involved with the Mitul &
Mukul - two brothers from India, now based in NY -
project. For them he recorded on the albums "Saajaniya" and "...To Kya Ho".
 In August 2003 he’s been
on his 2nd European Tour with 3-0-3 and the Maggie Garbino Quintet. He had been already
performing
with these bands
at the 36th Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, on July 2002. 3-0-3
also
features Marcelo Cardozo as a guest on "Buenos
Aires Nómade", the
band's latest album.
In December 2003 he
becomes a Multicultural
Music Group 'Rhythm Section Specialist' faculty, work he keeps
developing as a teaching artist in New York City Schools.
In November 2000 he
joined the Pregones Theater musicians staff
for
the play "Fables Of The Caribbean". In December 2004 he's invited by
the Roadside Theater to participate in a
residency featuring original Jazz and Bluegrass compositions from the
musical "Betsy".
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In March 2001 he worked
with Pregones on "Breathless Angels" and on the
Summer Stage 2001 on "The
Ballad Of Maria Sabida". He was also touring with this company during
the Summer Stage
2002 and 2005. In
September 2002 he attended with Pregones to the 4th National Conference
of
NALAC
(National Association of Latino Arts and Culture) in Austin, Texas,
with the play "The Black Out". In June 2003 he travelled with the
company
to San Antonio, Texas, to play at a festival hosted by Jump-Start
Performance
Co.
Late in 1999 Marcelo
Cardozo got selected to join the Sharon Smith Band to play live
performances, and with whom he has recorded two albums. With her he has
also recorded on the soundtrack of the Danny Lerner's movie "Big Apple", a Julius Films Production
released on April 2003.
In February 1998 he
visited New York for the first time. There he played with local
musicians in Manhattan jazz clubs like "Blue Note," "St. Nick's Pub,"
"Smalls," etc. Positive reviews appeared on The New York Times, and
other local newspapers.
In October same year he was invited to play with the Lullabop quartet
(his main project in Buenos Aires) at the "II
Argentina-Brazil Jazz
Festival Of New York". The rhythm section got completed by the local
musicians Mike Benjamin on bass and Ron Brown on drums.
Marcelo Cardozo later continued his collaboration with G. Raventos with
whom he recorded, arranged and co-produced the CD "Thamgo City", released in January 2001.
As he arrived in New York in 1999 he joined the comedian Susannah Perlman's supporting band . One of
the shows was broadcasted by channel "NY1" and by national and Canadian
radio stations. With the same artist he also recorded the CD "Beating Around the Bush".
In parallel to the mentioned activities Marcelo Cardozo has also been
part of the New York Jazz scene performing with the trumpet player Melvin Vines and the singers Patricia Michelle and Sarah DeLeo,
among others.
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