Toninho Horta is an electric and nylon-string guitar player working in a style of jazz-influenced Brazilian music. Compositions in his personal style are marked by sophisticated harmonic progressions and complex melodies. In performed arrangements of his own pieces he often features driving, strummed guitar rhythms. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as and arranger or sideman for many important Brazilian artists, such as Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Maria Bethania, Jo�o Bosco, Airto Moreira, Edu Lobo, Nana Caymmi, Flora Purim, Gal Costa, S�rgio Mendes, Chico Buarque, Fl�vio Venturini, Joyce, Johnny Alf, Wagner Tiso, Francis Hime and Beto Guedes. He was an original member of the famous and highly influential Clube da Esquina musical collective in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais which included Milton Nascimento, L� Borges, Fernando Brant, M�rcio Borges, and Wagner Tiso, which recorded the legendary recording called Clube da Esquina. His intricate compositions and original guitar playing have influenced a generation of musicians in Brazil and North America. 

December 2nd, 1948 in Belo Horizonte (Age 75)