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Infobox musical artist|name = Hermeto Pascoal|image = Hermeto_Pascoal_2.jpg|image_size =|caption = Photo by Tom Beetz|landscape =yes|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name =|alias =|Born = Birth date and age|1936|6|22|mf=y, Arapiraca , Alagoas , Brazil |death_date =|origin =|instrument = Keyboard instrument|Keyboards , button accordion , melodica , saxophone , flute , others|genre = Brazilian traditions, jazz , forró |occupation =|years_active =|label =|associated_acts =|website =|current_members =|past_members =| notable_instruments = Hermeto Pascoal (born June 22, 1936) is a Brazil ian composer and multi-instrumentalist . He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas , Brazil .cite web|url= http://www.slipcue.com/music/brazil/pascoal.html|title=Hermeto Pascoal Discography - Slipcue.com Brazilian Music Guide Pascoal is a greatly beloved musical figure in the history of music of Brazil|Brazilian music , known for his abilities at orchestration and improvisation , as well as being a record producer and contributor to many other Brazilian and international albums.cite web|last=Neder |first=Alvaro |url=Allmusic|class=artist |id=p112663/biography |pure_url=yes |title=Hermeto Pascoal |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2011-10-22
Biography
Early life and career
Pascoal comes from a remote corner of northeastern Brazil, an area that lacked electricity at the time he was born. He learned the accordion from his father and practiced for hours indoors as, being albino , he was incapable of working in the fields with the rest of his family.
Hermeto's career began in 1964 with appearances on several Brazilian recordings alongside relatively unknown groups. These now-classic albums and the musicians involved ( Edu Lobo , Elis Regina , Cesar Camargo Mariano ) established widely influential new directions in post-bossa Brazilian jazz.
In 1966, he played in the Sambrasa Trio , with Airto Moreira and Humberto Clayber; they released only one album, Em Som Maior . Then he joined Trio Novo ( Airto Moreira , Heraldo do Monte , Theo de Barros ) and in 1966 the group, renamed Quarteto Novo, released an album that launched the careers of Pascoal and Moreira.cite web|url= http://www.nscottrobinson.com/airto.php |title=N. Scott Robinson-World Music and Percussion, Frame Drums, Riq, Tambourines |publisher=Nscottrobinson.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-22 Pascoal would then go on to join the multi-faceted group Brazilian Octopus. http://www.allbrazilianmusic.com/en/Essentials/Essentials.asp? Status=MATERIA& Nu_Materia=1188 All Brazilian Music: The music from Brazildead link|date=October 2011
International fame
He initially caught the international public's attention with an appearance on Miles Davis 's 1971 album Live-Evil (Miles Davis album)|Live-Evil , which featured Pascoal on several pieces (which he also composed). Davis has said that Pascoal was "the most impressive musician in the world". Later collaborations involved fellow Brazilian musicians Airto Moreira and Flora Purim . From the late 1970s onward he mostly led his own groups, playing at many prestigious venues, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979. Other members of the group have included bassist Itibere Zwarg , pianist Jovino Santos-Neto and percussionists Nene (drummer)|Nene , Pernambuco (drummer)|Pernambuco and Zabele .
Known as o Bruxo (the Sorcerer), Hermeto often makes music with unconventional objects such as teapots, children's toys, and animals, as well as keyboards, button accordion, melodica , saxophone, guitar, flute, voice, various brass and folkloric instruments. Perhaps because he grew up in the countryside, he uses nature as a basis for his compositions, as in his Música da Lagoa , in which the musicians burble water and play flutes while immersed in a lagoon: a Brazilian television broadcast from 1999 showed him soloing at one point by singing into a cup with his mouth partially submerged in water. Folk music from rural Brazil is another important influence in his work.
Between 1996 and 1997, Hermeto surprised the musical world with a book project, Calendário do Som , which contains a song for every day of the year, including 29 February, so that everyone would have a song for his or her birthday.
He and his wife Aline Morena currently live in her hometown, Curitiba , Paraná (state)|Paraná , Brazil .
Discography
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As leader or member
1961: Conjunto Som 4 (with Conjunto Som 4)
1966: Em Som Maior (with Sambrasa Trio )
1967: Quarteto Novo (with Quarteto Novo)
1969: Brazilian Octopus (with Brazilian Octopus)
1970: Hermeto Pascoal (solo debut, reissued on CD as Brazilian Adventure )(featuring Air (1970s band)|Googie Coppola )
1973: A música livre de Hermeto Pascoal
1977: Slaves Mass
1979: Zabumbê-bum-á
1979: Ao vivo Montreux Jazz Festival
1979: Nova história da Música Popular Brasileira (compilation)
1980: Cérebro magnético
1982: Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo (reissued by Westwind Germany on CD as The Legendary Improviser . The reissue appears to be a copy from vinyl.)
1984: Lagoa da Canoa, Município de Arapiraca
1986: Brasil Universo
1987: Só não toca quem não quer
1988: Hermeto solo: por diferentes caminhos
1992: Festa dos deuses
1993: Instrumental no CCBB (with Renato Borghetti)
1998: Música!: o melhor da música de Hermeto Pascoal (compilation)
1999: Eu e eles
2004: Mundo verde esperança
2006: Chimarrão com rapadura (with Aline Morena)
2010: Bodas de Latão (with Aline Morena)
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As contributor
1956: Ritmos Alucinantes , by Clovis Pereira
1959: Batucando no Morro , by Pernambuco do Pandeiro e seu regional
1970: Natural Feelings , by Airto Moreira
1970: Electric Byrd , by Donald Byrd
1970: It Could Only Happen with You , by Duke Pearson
1970: Live-Evil (Miles Davis album)|Live-Evil , by Miles Davis
1971: Cantiga de Longe , by Edu Lobo
1971: Seeds on the Ground , by Airto Moreira
1975: Di Melo , by Di Melo
1976: Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly , by Flora Purim
1976 Goldenwings , by Opa (band)|Opa
1977: Orós , by Raimundo Fagner
1978: Robertinho no passo , by Robertinho de Recife
1996: Brasil Musical - Série Música Viva - Pau Brasil E Hermeto Pascoal|Brasil Musical - Série Música Viva (with Pau Brasil)
1998: Maritmo , by Adriana Calcanhotto (on track "Canção por Acaso")
2000: Oferenda , by Aleuda
2000: Nação Nordestina , by Zé Ramalho (on track "Violando com Hermeto")
2003: The Music of Hermeto Pascoal , by Mike Marshall (musician)|Mike Marshall and Jovino Santos Neto
2006: Roda Carioca , by Jovino Santos Neto
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External links
http://www.hermetopascoal.com.br/ The official site
http://www.brazzil.com/musdec96.htm Interview and extensive information and discography
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