Bio:
Gerônimo Santana, resident of Salvador, was born on the island of Bom Jesus dos Passos in the Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints). He played trombone in the island's philharmonic orchestra, and moving to Salvador he worked as a percussionist for Dodô & Osmar and Luiz Caldas. He's the composer of (among many other works) Salvador's unoffical theme song, É d'Oxum, which was a national success in the voice of Gal Costa.