Hermeto Pascoal

Hermeto Pascoal is a gifted multi-instrument jazz performer who is a legend in his native Brazil and has earned worldwide popularity over a long career in which he has played and made records with some of the biggest stars in jazz. Atthe age of 80, he continues to perform and in 2017 he released two albums, 'No Mundo dos Sons' with a small group and 'Natureza Universal' with his big band. Born in a small town on the east coast of Brazil, he learned to play the accordion from his father as a child but soon discovered how to create music from implements used by his blacksmith grandfather. He performed on local radio stations as a teenager and after stints with orchestras in Rio de Janeiro, he moved to São Paulo where he worked with drummer Airto Moreira and vocalists Walter Santos and Elis Regina. He joined Moreira in Quarteto Novo, which recorded an eponymous album in 1966 and toured Europe, and then Brazilian Octopus, which also made a self-titled album in 1969. After Miles Davis invited him to play on three tracks on his 1971 album 'Live-Evil', his fame spread and he collaborated with several other artists over the decades and he led his own aggregations. Ron Carter and Flora Purim produced Pascoal's first solo album, 'Hermeto' (re-issued later as 'Brazilian Adventure') in 1971 and the same year he and Carter released 'O Gaio da Roseira'. Since then he has had many international tours and released several albums. He is also a producer and teacher.

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