Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto's career began in 1964 with appearances on several Brazilian recordings with relatively small groups. These now-classic albums and the musicians involved (Edu Lobo, Airto Moreira, Elis Regina, César Camargo Mariano and others) established widely influential new directions in post-bossa Brazilian Jazz.
He initially came to the international public's attention through an appearance on Miles Davis' 1971 album Live/Evil, which featured Pascoal on several studio 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 on he has mostly led his own groups, playing at many prestigious venues, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979.
Hermeto is a prolific composer, famous for his project Calendario do Som, in which he composed a song every day for a year so that everyone would have a song for his or her birthday.
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
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June 22, 2020
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
June 22, 2019
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
June 22, 2018
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
June 22, 2017
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
June 22, 2016
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
June 22, 2015
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal