Mark Walker feels very fortunate to have worked in the 1980’s with Made In Brasil, a Chicago-based group that featured Breno and Neusa Sauer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, as well as top jazz musicians like Ron Dewar and Akio Sasajima. He learned repertoire, fell in love with the rhythms, and would later work with many well-know Brazilian artists like Cesar Camargo Mariano, Milton Nascimento, Joao Bosco, Filo Machado, Leny Andrade, Simone, Joyce Moreno, Toninho Horta, Jovino Santos Neto, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Raul DaSouza, Ivan Lins and Rosa Passos.