Yes, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal was a jazz legend. But his talent for even-handedly incorporating jazz, Brazilian folk music and avant-garde classical music meant that he was creating a style all his own. His instrumental abilities spanned virtuosic acoustic and electric piano, flute and wood flute, soprano sax, accordion and melodion, as well as playing random, “found” objects. This video highlights the Julliard Jazz Orchestra delivering tight arrangements of Pascoal’s "Choro Árabe," "Bebê" and "Jegue." The first of these pieces fuses the multi-layered Brazilian rhythms of Choro with horn punctations suggested by world music scales. Simply put, it takes you “there.” Hermeto Pascoal passed away on September 13, 2025.
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