MOZIK live at Blue Note NYC in November!

Hey friends!

Just announced.... the group MOZIK will be performing the late night series at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC!
November 10th 2012, Saturday, at 12:30am (Saturday night, into Sunday).
We are looking forward to the show, and working on some other dates that will be posted here soon as well as on our webpage - www.mzdrums.com
In the meantime, here is our promo video, and the details of the show are below with the link for you to make reservations/get tickets.
Please spread the word and come out to support us! We'll greatly appreciate it!

MOZIK is:

Gilson Schachnik - piano, keys

Yulia Musayelyan - flute

Fernando Huergo - bass

Gustavo Assis Brasil - guitars

MZ - drums, percussion

BLUE NOTE Jazz Club - NYC

Saturday, November 10th 2012, 12:30am

(sat night into sunday)

$10

Make reservations - Blue Note website

Workshops & clinics - Tour dates

Hello everybody!

These are some of my new dates coming up, I hope you can join us....
I will be doing some workshops and clinics in August, check them out below, and please go to my website (www.mzdrums.com) for more information, tickets, directions and etc.

Aug 4 - 7:30pm @ Rocksound Music Bar - Barcelona, Spain - promoted by Bateras Beat Barcelona
Aug 15 - 7pm @ Auditório EM&T Campinas - av. Carlos Grimaldi 145, Campinas SP, Brazil
Aug 16 - 8pm @ Teatro Carlos Gomes, Salão Nobre, Centro - Blumenau SC, Brazil

And, just before these clinics.... I am on the road with Carmen Souza, playing the last few shows of the "Protegid" Tour. Stay tuned for more dates in the fall for her new CD Release, "Kachupada". Here is a new review of the upcoming new album!

July 27 - Luanda Jazz Festival - Luanda, Angola - Africa
Aug 1 & 2 - Red Sea Jazz Festival - Eilat, Israel

Texas bound

Hello friends!
Just a quick post to let you know what's happening this week.... 
I am on my way to Texas to work on a record by the very talented guitarist/songwriter Dan Rixon. His songs are super cool, it should be a lot of fun in the studio! More info on this as it happens. Dan's plan is to have a release by the end of the year, if not sooner.


While in Texas, I am very happy to be playing a couple of gigs with my friend and tremendous musician/composer Gabriel Santiago. Its an honor to participate in his group and play his music!
The gigs are - 
July 13th at the The Firehouse Lounge, Austin, TX - 9pm
July 14th at Carmens de la Calle, San Antonio, TX - 8:30pm. 


see you out there!


LINKS: 
Dan Rixon - http://www.rixonmusic.com/
Gabriel Santiago - http://www.gabrielsantiagoproject.com/

Dom Salvador - Brazilian Music Awards!

It is with great honor and happiness that I announce that on June 13th, the Dom Salvador Sextet was awarded the Best Instrumental Record of the Year award on the prestigious

  Brazilian Music Award - Prêmio da Música Brasileira. 

 I am very happy to be part of this recording, both as a drummer and also as a "helping hand" on getting the record done and released. Congrats to Salvador and to all other musicians and artists involved!
You can check out the list of winners here. (in portuguese)

The record "The Art of Samba Jazz" was voted best instrumental recording from a list of some of the greatest artists of today, and incredible recordings in Brazilian music and beyond. This is a huge award and recognition to the genius of Brazilian pianist Dom Salvador, who is such an important name to Brazilian music. Salvador has been living in the US since the 70's, and has maintained a busy career of performances and recordings.
The Dom Salvador Sextet was also nominated as the best group of the year.

The master receiving the award at the ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - photo by W. Meier

Dom Salvador and MZ with the award

2 cool shows!

Dear friends, here is a quick reminder of 2 shows I am very happy to be a part of....

This week I am at Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club with the Oriente Lopez Trio:
Oriente Lopez: piano, compositions;
Itaiguara Brandão: bass,
and myself on drums.

We started the week last night, it was a great show. We play again tonight (wed) and also friday and saturday,  starting at 11pm, right after the Paquito D'Rivera group. It will be a fantastic week of music, for sure! Come by! Here is the link with more info.

Oriente Lopez trio with Itaiguara and MZ on tuesday night at Dizzy's Club, NYC

And, coming up next monday, June 18th, I am playing with the great bassist/composer Mike Pope, with a killer group! Please mark your calendars and come check this out if you can. We are playing a bunch of Mike's new songs, which will be released on a new CD very soon. Stay tuned!
Here is the Shapeshifter's Lab webpage with more info.