Playing guitar, Mariano toured with Sergio Mendes, Ivan Lins and Gal Costa but became a solo artist in the early '90s.

Some musicians look back on (part of) their career by touring around with a greatest hits show. Torcuato Mariano decided to do it a bit different: in the form of a diary. The music was not picked out of a repertoire that was built up during a career. For his retrospective album, Torcuato started composing the music in 2000 and found inspiration in the most important persons and main events in his life. Listening to this album is like turning the pages of a diary. So what other option than to title the album Diário.

Torcuato Mariano was born in Buenos Aires (1963) and fourteen years later he moved to Brazil. Argentinean rock guitarist Claudio Gabis was his music teacher who also showed him around in Rio's music scene.His remarkable talent made it possible that within the next decade his name was known by many big stars in Brazilian music.

After journeys through pop, rock (Cazuza, Lobão, Marina Lima), and jazz (Leo Gandelman), the early 1990s found him in company of Ivan Lins, Gal Costa, Ney Matogrosso and Djavan. His first solo album (Paradise Station, 1993) was the first Brazilian album to be released at the same moment in both Brazil and the USA.

Biographical insight and commentary on So Far from Home
by Ted Hasiuk, JazzLynx. net and Café Jazz Radio

Argentine-born Torcuato Mariano grew up listening to the music of his native land but in his youth he was also influenced by many American artists such as Santana and Stevie Wonder. When he was just 14, Mariano moved from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro and spurred by that vibrant scene, he went on to win the Sharp Prize (equivalent to a Grammy) as Best Pop Composer. Soon after, Mariano's focus turned to jazz - he spent several years as a sought after sessionist and he then went on to perform and record with greats such as Djavan and Leo Gandelman, as well as touring with Ivan Lins and doing sessions with Sergio Mendes.

It was in the early to mid 90s that Mariano first moved to establishing a solo career. Both his '94 Paradise Station debut and its follow up fared well with the sophomore Last Look CD, reaching the year-end Top 30 in the USA while the single, Ocean Way, placed in the top 20 songs for 1995.

In spite of these successes, Mariano opted to become head of A&R for a major label back in his adopted homeland of Brazil. However, after a several year hiatus, he signed to 215 Records and resurrected his solo career in 2004. Now with a couple more well-received and critically acclaimed albums to his credit, Mariano is well into this newest phase of his career, having just issued So Far from Home, his nuGroove debut and fifth overall. Word on the street has it (and we couldn't agree more) this may well be Mariano's most solid effort to date.

So Far From Home includes exceptional selections - beginning with the track “Ipanema Sunset” upon which Mariano displays the richness of his Brazilian heritage. The nostalgic vibe of “New World” is an album highlight; while citing the legendary Jeff Beck as a primary influence, Torcuato emulates his hero on “Back to the Road” - a real attention grabber! With flavours of jazz laced with bits of fusion, Latin, pop, and the sounds of Brazil, Torcuato Mariano provides a melodic & heart-felt reflection of his career and ample evidence that he's among the elite of today's guitarists!!

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