Marta Warelis - piano 
Carlos “Zíngaro” - violin 
Helena Espvall - cello and effects 
Marcelo dos Reis - acoustic guitar 

ALL MUSIC BY 
Marta Warellis, Carlos "Zíngaro", Helena Espvall and Marcelo dos Reis

Turquoise Dream - Specific Gravity

Glaciar (Miria 2021)
Marcelo dos Reis . electric . acoustic guitar . effects . voice

Glaciar

Marcelo dos Reis - I.IIIII

Chamber 4 - Dawn to Dusk | JR044/TRICO018

Théo Ceccaldi - violin
Luís Vicente - trumpet
Valentin Ceccaldi - cello
Marcelo dos Reis - acoustic guitar

RECORDED
Live at Antiga Igreja do Convento S. Francisco
Jazz ao Centro Festival
24th October 2020

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION
JACC Records and Tricollectif

RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED
Miguel Serrão

ARTWORK AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Joana Monteiro

ALL MUSIC BY
Marcelo dos Reis, Théo Ceccaldi, Valentin Ceccaldi and Luís Vicente

Dawn to Dusk

Chamber 4 - To

CIP004
Marcelo dos Reis/Angélica V. Salvi - Concentric Rinds

ANGÉLICA V. SALVI . harp
MARCELO DOS REIS . acoustic guitar, prepared guitar and voice

Marcelo dos Reis / Angélica V. Salvi - Depth

Luís Vicente - trumpet
Marcelo dos Reis - guitar
Théo Ceccaldi - violin
Valentin Ceccaldi- cello


Chamber 4 - Some Trees

Luís Vicente - trumpet
João Guimarães - alto sax
Marcelo dos Reis - guitar 
José Miguel - double bass
João Pais Filipe - drums

Fail Better! - Former Times

STAUB Quartet - House Full of Colors | JR033

MIGUEL MIRA - cello
CARLOS "ZÍNGARO" - violin
HERNANI FAUSTINO - double bass
MARCELO DOS REIS - acoustic guitar

Recorded live by José Martins on 11th September 2015 at Salão Brazil in Coimbra.

STAUB Quartet - Red Curtains

CIP007
Marcelo dos Reis - Cascas

Marcelo dos Reis . prepared and unprepared nylon string guitar

Marcelo dos Reis - Ceifa (to Alzira Francisca)

Marcelo dos Reis & Eve Risser - Timeless | JR034

EVE RISSER - unprepared and prepared piano
MARCELO DOS REIS - unprepared and prepared acoustic guitar

Recorded by João P. Miranda on 20th October 2016 at Salão Brazil as part of "Jazz ao Centro Festival" in Coimbra.

Marcelo dos Reis & Eve Risser - Pendulum

LUÍS VICENTE trumpet
JOÃO GUIMARÃES alto saxophone  
MARCELO DOS REIS electric guitar
JOSÉ MIGUEL PEREIRA double bass
JOÃO PAIS FILIPE drums and percussions

If this group had some pronouncement, it could be summed up in the desire of producing a
group language in real time without any pre-written musical notes. From here comes the
reference to Beckett in the group's name - "No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better! ".

Recorded live on 22nd June 2012 at CAV - Centro de Artes Visuais, Pátio da Inquisição - Coimbra.

FAIL BETTER! - Live at Inquisition (Excerpt)

Fail Better! - The Fall | JR041

Luís Vicente - trumpet
Marco Franco - drums and flute
Marcelo dos Reis - electric guitar
José Miguel Pereira - double bass
Albert Cirera - soprano and tenor saxophone

The Fall

Fail Better! - Ground Floor

Marcelo dos Reis, Lisbon 1984.

He's one prominent voice in the new generation of European improvisers. All his work have been widely acclaimed, and beside all the achievements, was nominated one of the best five guitar players at the El Intruso - 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 16th Annual International Critics Poll, Musician of the Year 2017 at jazz.pt Magazine and in 2020 was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 2010's at the renowned Free Jazz Blog Collective.

His idiosyncratic approach to the guitar, puts him as one of the key figures of the portuguese music scene.

He works in Solo format, leads his own trio “Flora”, play in groups like Turquoise Dream, Frame Trio, The Monkious, Open Field, In Layers, in duo with Eve Risser and Luís Vicente, Chamber 4, Staub Quartet and Fail Better!, this last three were considered by the media one of the best newcomer bands.

Beside his projects he worked and shared the stage in venues and festivals all around Europe with dozens of different artists and musicians.

Apart from his work as performer, Marcelo organises the Double Bill - Concert Series, works in a regular basis as composer with the Marionet theatre company and others, he creates music for films, runs the record label Cipsela, and he is guitar teacher and the director of the Academia de Música CNM.

FAIL BETTER! - Live at Inquisition (Excerpt)

Marcelo dos Reis

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