Discography
"Both albums — Shifting Perspectives and Beating the Odds — offer deeply emotional artistic reflections on an ongoing transcultural collaboration between Doug Stone (USA) and Brazilian pianist-composer Marcelo Magalhães Pinto. The works draw on a rich and diverse artistic palette, incorporating subtle variations in tempo, timbre, and dynamic intensity. These elements are consistently expressed within a performative context that engages with both historical and contemporary socio-musical perspectives."
Myke Ryan (composer and ethnomisicologist)
"Marcelo Magalhães Pinto combines his passion and mastery of the classical repertoire from Bach to Ravel with the music of his native Brazil to create a captivating first recording full of intelligence and soul."
Russell Ferrante (pianist, composer and arranger)
"I had the pleasure of listening to the albums Shifting Perspectives and Beating the Odds by Marcelo Magalhães Pinto and Doug Stone. I was impressed. Both albums are sensational! The compositions, arrangements, and the way they play are excellent. I highly recommend these albums to my friends and to those who love music. Congratulations to both of them!"
Gilson Peranzetta (pianist, composer and arranger)
"Excellent performers and composers. The partnership between Marcelo Magalhães Pinto and Doug Stone is one of the most successful I've ever heard. Watching these artists live intensifies the emotion that blossoms when listening to their exquisite recordings. The influences inherited from their countries of origin alternate, resulting in an original program of great impact for the audience. Marcelo Magalhães Pinto and Doug Stone are on par with the great names of the world jazz scene."
Celina Szrvinsk (pianist and producer)