Mario Lima Caribé da Rocha (born 6 August 1964) is a Brazilian bassist, composer, and educator.

Biography

Caribé started learning guitar at the age of 13 and switched to bass a year later, and beginning his career at the local jazz scene. He learnt bass with Brazilian musician

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before started studying at

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in 1983, taking B.Mus on composition. He also studied double bass with Paulo Pugliese. In 1996, he moved to Scotland with his family for study purposes. In Scotland, he has collaborated with many musicians such as Tommy Smith,

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, Norma Winston, Louise Gibson, Suzanne Bonnar, Phil Bancroft, Andy Panaiy,

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, Jamie Anderson,

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, Steve Hamilton, John Rae (musician),

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, Tom Gordon,

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, Eddie Severn,

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, Colin Steele, Andor Jensen, Claude Deppa, Dominic Alldis and Adam Glasser. He has also played with leading North American artists such as Bobby Watson, Scott Hamilton,

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, Valery Ponomarev and

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. In Scotland, he is involved in Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and many other projects. He is now also a lecturer at

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. His specialty is in jazz, Brazilian, and Latin music such as bossa nova,

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, and Afro-Brazilian.

Discography

* ''Bacuris'' (Caber, 2002) * ''Hands On'' (Krib, 2010)

Performances

* Joe Locke - Feel the Vibes (2012) * Blue Mondays: Jazz and Harps with Mario Caribé (2013) * Blue Mondays with Mario Caribé (2014) * Blue Mondays with Mario Caribé (2014) * The Music of

Tom Jobim Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film) ...

(2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caribe, Mario 1964 births Living people Brazilian musicians Musicians from São Paulo