- Toninho Horta was born on December 2, 1948 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a composer, known for Polícia: Crimes dos Irmãos Piriás (1981), Mosaicos (2008) and tt38625609.
- In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Maria Bethânia, João Bosco, Airto Moreira, Edu Lobo, Nana Caymmi, Flora Purim, Gal Costa, Sérgio Mendes, Chico Buarque, Flávio Venturini, Joyce, Johnny Alf, Wagner Tiso, Francis Hime, and Beto Guedes.
- Awarded as 5th best guitarist in the world by the British magazine "Melody Maker" in 1977, and 7th best guitarist in 1978, by the same magazine.
- He integrates the anthology Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz (Legacy/Columbia, 2005), as one of the most influential jazz guitarists of the twentieth century.
- He moved from Brazil to the U.S, and in time worked with Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Sergio Mendes, Philip Catherine, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, George Duke, and the Manhattan Transfer.
- In 2012, he was included in the list of the 30 greatest Brazilian icons of the guitar of the magazine Rolling Stone Brazil.
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