Marimbanda is a "música instrumental" quartet from Fortaleza, Ceará in northeastern Brazil, formed in 1999. Its members are Luizinho Duarte (drums & percussion), Heriberto Porto (flutes), Ítalo Almeida (piano & keyboards), and Miquéias dos Santos (bass). Their sound combines jazz, classical music, and Brazilian popular genres such as samba, baião, frevo, choro, and bossa nova. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.