Cesar Machado

Origin

Barra do Piraí, RJ

Years Active

1963

Genres

MPB, jazz, brazilian instrumental music

Instruments

drums, percussion

Biography

Cesar Machado is a renowned Brazilian drummer, arranger, and music producer with a career spanning over five decades. Born in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, in 1951, he began his musical journey in 1963, playing with his father Helbe Machado's band. This early experience gave him the opportunity to perform with various Brazilian artists of the time. In the late 1970s, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he consolidated his career in nightclubs and theaters, also working as a director, arranger, and composer.

Throughout his career, Cesar Machado has accompanied a wide range of nationally and internationally renowned artists, including Nana Caymmi, Ithamara Koorax, João Nogueira, Baby Consuelo, Martinho da Vila, Maria Bethânia, Maria Creuza, Raul de Souza, and David Friedman, among more than 70 names. His versatility and talent have led him to perform in several countries, such as the United States, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain, in addition to having played with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra.

Machado is also recognized for his work as an educator and for the dissemination of Brazilian music. He has recorded three solo albums: "Litoral", "Momentos", and "Made for Us", as well as a CD-book with Antonio Adolfo, released in Europe and the USA. Currently, he is dedicated to the "Toque Brasileiro" project, which aims to record and share Brazilian rhythms and percussion through a cultural and educational DVD and CD, contributing to musical study and research.

Discography

• Litoral (1988)
• Momentos (1997)
• To The Sea (2013)
• Made For Us (2014)
• Natureza (2021)
• Viagem (2021)