mauricio fleury trio
credit: Maxim Libiszwewski- mauricio fleury – keys & flute
- trigo santana – bass
- m takara – drums
“If you’re a fan of recent Brazilian music then there’s no doubt that you’ve come across mauricio fleury.
A founding member of São Paulo’s afrobeat/disco orchestra Bixiga 70, he has collaborated with the likes of Gal Costa, Emicida, Lucas Santtana, João Donato, Liniker and many more; adding keyboard, guitar, production and arrangements to a veritable cross-section of contemporary Brazilian music (jazz, hip-hop, pop, you name it). If he was not so busy in Brazil you can be sure he’d also have further names to add to his list of international collaborators, but for now Quantic, Compass (Mexican Institute of Sound and Toy Selectah), Colombia’s Los Pirañas and Tony Allen will have to do.”
– Russ Slater (Songlines)
live
Mauricio Fleury’s live concerts are always a surprise, mixing the repertoire of his first album Revoada with free improvisation and Brazilian classics, sometimes including versions of Hermeto Pascoal, Johnny Alf, João Donato and Joyce Moreno.
Sometimes, it’s a modern jazz trio formation, reminiscent of Azymuth with Mauricio’s keyboard ‘spaceship’ along with Trigo Santana on the bass and M. Takara on the drums on a more open format, sometimes, it’s a beautiful sextet with added percussion by Pernambuco master Biano Lima (aka K’boko) and a string duo with violin and cello provided by Eurico Mathias and Rhea Sode.
sounds like
Mulatu Astatke, Altin Gün, Fathers, Arthur Verocai, Surprise Chef
watch live
Live At Schokoladen 19.11.2025
credit: Camila Berrio
credit: Clayton JuniorRevoada
out now on altercat records“Revoada is a bold declaration of stunning versatility as well as just an outright fun record.”
– Chad DePasquale (Aquarium Drunkard – Best of 2025)
With more than a hint to Brazilian jazz greats like Azymuth, Deodato and CTI Records in their prime, Revoada is a groove based jazz-framed record, primed with other transitory musical vignettes which touches on Turkish psych and soul-jazz born out of the 70’s film soundtrack genre.
Revoada is a 6 track album and storyboard of Mauricio’s migration and travels through Brazil’s geographical oddities, its rural and urban enclaves. Recorded in Brazil, it’s the result of numerous treks through funky flea markets, soaking up old vinyls and vintage cultural artefacts combined with a new life led in Berlin since 2022.
Revoada shows signature traces of Thelonious Monk, Ramsey Lewis’ swinging soul sound, Deodato’s drama, and styles from further afield, spreading into Turkish psych and Ethiopian jazz, when the time is right. Each track, led always by Mauricio playing multiple instruments with a choice selection of guests and core members on bass and drums, highlights Fleury’s meticulous approach to finding the right timbre, utilising his arsenal of organs and effects pedals to set the mood, taking the listener to a specific place or memory that has shaped him.
A vinyl DJ for over 25 years and someone who is immersed in digger and collector’s culture, Mauricio places a lot of emphasis on the importance of the complementary relationship between two artforms (DJ and composer/producer) in the sense of having a broad repertoire of musical knowledge, references and perhaps predictably, being a Brazilian, understanding the connection between rhythms. This is an impressive debut album that struts itself right into the runout groove.
formats
- Revoada band
- A sextet with added Cello, Violin and Percussion providing lush arrangements over a grooving rhythm section focusing on the repertoire of the album
- MF trio
- Bass, Drums & Keyboards mixing unexpected jazzy versions, free improvisation and trippy Synthesizer voyages
- MF DJ set
- A DJ for 25 years, Mauricio spins vinyl from Brazil, Latin America & West Africa as well as Funk, Soul and Disco providing a journey between space and time for the dancefloor
credit: Camila Berrio