...Marcelo Bastos released 5 albums, two of which were recorded in Japan, the last one being live. He is a pioneer artist in the gospel/jazz instrumental genre in Brazil with the recording of the album Plenitude, released in Brazil in 1995.

Having inspired countless musicians and breaking barriers of speech through the language of improvisation. Marcelo has freely moved between genres and diverse aesthetics that typically mix Brazilian music, Latin jazz, world music and contemporary jazz.

From a family of musicians and amateur singers, Marcelo was initially influenced by the music sung in Protestant churches in Brazil.

He began to study music and play various instruments at the age of 9. With 15 years  Marcelo already had proficiency in classical guitar, played and sang popular songs in English and Portuguese at the time, in addition to gospel music and American cinema soundtracks.

Marcelo moved to Japan in 1991 and began to dedicate himself more to the saxophone, so that four years later he released his first solo album Plenitude.

Although Plenitude was inspired by the improvisation contained in jazz, it is in the second album Living in Tokyo that Marcelo makes an interesting dialogue with the aesthetics of bebop and hard bop.

Definitely Charlie Parker and John Coltrane had a huge impact on Marcelo's works, changing his conception of music forever.

Back in Brazil for the second time, Marcelo in 1998 fulfills an extensive schedule of commitments, including recordings in studios, shows, concerts, interviews on TV shows,  radio etc...

In 1999, with the purpose of researching and playing American jazz, Marcelo visited San Francisco, Boise, Sun Valley, Salt Lake City, Chicago, New York and Danbury.

In Sun Valley Marcelo meets Glen Miller's ex-trombonist, Dr. Paul Turnner and participates in his audition.

The lived experience plus the atmosphere found in these cities especially New York decisively inspires Marcelo to record his third album Remembering New York City which brings with it the influence of another great jazz musician, the trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, Marcelo uses the "scat singing" on the song Remembering New York City and a moderate lyrical vibrato on the standard My Funny Valentine.

The following year Marcelo appears in renowned festivals in Brazil and after living a spiritual experience he records his fourth album of his career, the conceptual album Deus de Toda Graça, in which he appears singing all the tracks.

In 2005 Marcelo makes another tour in Japan. In Nagoya he plays with some of the most renowned jazz musicians in Japan, bassist Ben Okada, guitarist Kenny Kuratani among others.

Marcelo also taught saxophone, harmony and improvisation classes at schools in Toyohashi and Nagoya.

Before leaving Japan in 2006, Marcelo recorded his fifth solo work live at Mr. Kenny's Jazz Pub in Nagoya.

Back in Brazil Marcelo enters the State University of Maringá and completes his bachelor's degree in transverse flute.

He also obtained master's credits in performance, arrangement and composition at the State University of Campinas.

Marcelo is currently working on promoting the fifth album of his career, The Jazz Atmosphere into a Contemporary World, which was recorded live in Nagoya.

From 2008 to 2015 Marcelo was professor of the saxophone course and complementary subjects at the music school of the State University of Maringá.

He is currently producing his sixth cd of his career, writing a method for saxophone, playing at local events and producing classes for the internet, in addition to serving his students at his music school.

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