Artistic Portfolio

MARCELO BOCCATO QUARTET @ Baylor University, April 12 2025

MARCELO BOCCATO piano
JIMMY GREENE sax
CHRISTOPHER GAFFAR sax
HENRY BEAL bass
QUINCY DAVIS drums

MARCELO BOCCATO QUINTET @ Monks Jazz, Austin, TX
July 22, 2025

TITO CARRILLO trumpet
DIEGO RIVERA alto sax
MARCELO BOCCATO piano
RYAN HAGLER bass
ADAM JACKSON drums

TITO CARRILO QUINTET @ Monks Jazz, Austin, TX
July 05, 2025

TITO CARRILLO trumpet
JOSHUA JAIME alto sax
MARCELO BOCCATO piano
JUAN ACOSTA bass
ADAM JACKSON drums

MARCELO BOCCATO piano
MIGUEL ZENÓN alto sax

Morro Velho (Milton Nascimento)

MARCELO BOCCATO piano
LÍVIA NESTROVSKI voice
TITO CARRILLO trumpet

Vera Cruz (Milton Nascimento)

University of Illinois Concert Jazz Ensemble
MARCELO BOCCATO arrangement and piano
LÍVIA NESTROVSKI voice
CHIP MCNEILL director

Bach Two-Part Inventions no. 4 and 9

Recorded on February 3rd, 2026

Teaching PORTFOLIO

Jazz piano lesson (Non-Major Applied, 30-minute weekly lessons)

January 30, 2026

MUS 3310 Beginning Jazz Improvisation (class for music majors and non-majors)

January 29, 2026

MUEN 1138 Jazz Combo

January 30, 2026

MUS 4110 Advanced Jazz Improvisation (class for music majors)

February 2, 2026

RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

Samba is Black: (Un)Making Race in a ‘Raceless’ Genre (in preparation)

Review essay on Jorge Borge’s Tropical Riffs: Latin America and the Politics of Jazz (Journal of the Society for American Music)