#29 Marcelo Woloski- Grammy Winning Percussionist for Snarky Puppy, Banda Magda and More!

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CORRECTION: The DJ that got assaulted for playing "Despacito" 10 times was NOT in Florida, but in Spain. 

A French Army marching band plays a mashup of Daft Punk tunes for Bastille Day for Macron and Trump.

Damon's upcoming gigs- Jeff LeBlanc, Neil Davis, The After Party & Atomic Funk Project. 

Marcos' upcoming gigs- Carlos Henriquez & His Mambo Orchestra & Tito Nieves Luxury Yacht Cruise

Grizel "Chachi" Del Valle is a salsa singer and dancer as well as burlesque dancer. This particular concert event featured Bobby Allende on congas, Jotan Afanador (it was his bday) on drums, Danny Torres on bass and more. 

The book mentioned in 'Mail Time' is "From Zero to Sideman" by Mel Brown. 

The featured Snarky Puppy tune is Flight and is the middle of three tunes in this video...

The band Marcelo played in before Snarky Puppy is called Banda Magda.

This is a video of Marcelo demonstrating the Colombian Maracon and Tambora together.

Here's a video of saxophonist Chris Potter sitting in with Snarky Puppy and Marcelo on Percussion in the UK. 

Marcelo plays a metal version of the Brazilian Reco Reco.

Some of the implements in Marcelo's stickbag are the dreadlocks, demsticks, brooms, 5ADT, Rutes, Brushes & Bru-llet, SD4 Combo, & Timpani Mallets.

Other stuff mentioned are Palisso Percussion, Majic Wands, and Garrahand.

Here's a video of Marcelo playing around his setup with the Bru-llets. 

Here's another video of Marcelo playing around a percussion setup as well as incorporating the Garrahand. 

You can follow Marcelo on his Website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

Stay tuned for his upcoming album!

Some albums in Marcelo's current rotation are: Minu Cinelu, Bokanté, Salif Keita , Sergio Krakowski (and a typical tira poeira) & Maria João & Mario Laguinha (specifically the albums Chorinho Feliz and Cor). Marcelo also gave a special shoutout to percussionist Helge Andreas Norbakken who plays percussion on Chorinho Feliz. 

Marcelo endorses Latin Percussion, Vic Firth and Garrahand. 

Here's a quick history of the Argentinian Tango.