Márcio Montarroyos

Márcio Montarroyos (1949–2007) was a Brazilian jazz trumpet player.

Starting his studies with classical piano, he later went to trumpet and jazz. In the 70's, he traveled to USA, to study at Berklee School of Music.1988 the Swiss TV invited Montarroyos to produce two one- Hour Concerts together with the German guitar player Sigi Schwab,Marc Egan b, Freddie Santiago perc and Guillermo Marchena dr. 1992 the German TV- ZDF invited him together with Sigi Schwab to play a spectaculous live Concert .In the same Year both Artists played in the Munic Studio 2000+2 the AMAZONAS CD Production.

He also played with many great artists, including Stevie Wonder, Sérgio Mendes, Sarah Vaughan, Hermeto Pascoal, Nancy Wilson, Egberto Gismonti, Carlos Santana, Milton Nascimento, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jobim and Ney Matogrosso.

He died on December 12, 2007 of lung cancer.

Discography

• Sessão nostalgia (1973)
• Stone Alliance (1977) PM Records
• Trompete internacional (1981)
• Magic moment (1982)
• Carioca (1984)
• Samba Solstice (1987)
• Terra mater (1989)
• Marcio Montarroyos (1995)