Bio:
Hermeto Pascoal é um compositor, arranjador e multi-instrumentista brasileiro, que toca vários instrumentos como acordeão, flauta, piano, saxofone e guitarra. Ele é conhecido por sua música experimental e surreal, que combina ritmos regionais, forró, baião, jazz e outros gêneros. Ele também é famoso por usar objetos e sons não convencionais, como bules, brinquedos, animais e água, para criar música. Ele foi chamado de "O Bruxo" e "O Mago da Música".
Pascoal nasceu em 1936 em Arapiraca ou São Brás, Alagoas. Ele era fascinado pelos sons da natureza desde criança, e começou a fazer instrumentos musicais com abóboras, canos e sucata. Ele também aprendeu a tocar acordeão com seu pai, e formou um trio com seu irmão José Neto. Ele se mudou para Recife em 1950, e depois para o Rio de Janeiro em 1961, onde se juntou a vários grupos musicais e se apresentou em programas de TV e rádio. Ele também colaborou com muitos artistas brasileiros, como Sivuca, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim e Egberto Gismonti.
Em 1970, ele foi convidado por Miles Davis para gravar em seu álbum Live-Evil. Esta foi sua primeira exposição internacional, e ele ganhou reconhecimento como músico de jazz. Ele então formou seu próprio grupo, Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo, que incluía músicos como Airto Moreira, Flora Purim e Heraldo do Monte. Ele também gravou vários álbuns, como Slaves Mass, Zabumbê-bum-á e Montreux Jazz Festival. Sua música foi elogiada por sua originalidade, criatividade e diversidade. Ele também influenciou muitos artistas de jazz, como John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny e Chick Corea.
Pascoal ainda está ativo e prolífico, e lançou mais de 40 álbuns em sua carreira. Ele também recebeu muitos prêmios e honrarias, como o Grammy Latino de Melhor Álbum de Jazz Latino em 2018, por seu álbum No Mundo dos Sons. Ele também foi nomeado Oficial da Ordem do Mérito Cultural pelo governo brasileiro, e Doutor Honoris Causa pela Universidade de São Paulo. Ele é considerado um dos músicos mais importantes e inovadores da história brasileira, e um mestre da música universal.
English:
Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, who plays various instruments such as accordion, flute, piano, saxophone, and guitar. He is known for his experimental and surreal music, which combines regional rhythms, forró, baião, jazz, and other genres. He is also famous for using unconventional objects and sounds, such as teapots, toys, animals, and water, to create music. He has been called "O Bruxo" (The Wizard) and "The Magician of Music".
Pascoal was born in 1936 in Arapiraca or São Brás, Alagoas. He was fascinated by the sounds of nature since he was a child, and he started to make musical instruments out of pumpkins, pipes, and scraps. He also learned to play the accordion from his father, and formed a trio with his brother José Neto. He moved to Recife in 1950, and then to Rio de Janeiro in 1961, where he joined various musical groups and performed on TV and radio shows. He also collaborated with many Brazilian artists, such as Sivuca, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, and Egberto Gismonti.
In 1970, he was invited by Miles Davis to record on his album Live-Evil. This was his first international exposure, and he gained recognition as a jazz musician. He then formed his own group, Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo, which included musicians such as Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, and Heraldo do Monte. He also recorded several albums, such as Slaves Mass, Zabumbê-bum-á, and Montreux Jazz Festival. His music was praised for its originality, creativity, and diversity. He also influenced many jazz artists, such as John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, and Chick Corea.
Pascoal is still active and prolific, and has released more than 40 albums in his career. He has also received many awards and honors, such as the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2018, for his album No Mundo dos Sons. He has also been named an Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit by the Brazilian government, and a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of São Paulo. He is regarded as one of the most important and innovative musicians in Brazilian history, and a master of universal music.
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"Dear Sparrow: I am thrilled to receive your email! Thank you for including me in this wonderful matrix."
—Susan Rogers: Personal recording engineer for Prince, inc. "Purple Rain", "Sign o' the Times", "Around the World in a Day"... Director of the Berklee Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory
I'm Pardal here in Brazil (that's "Sparrow" in English). The deep roots of this project are in Manhattan, where Allen Klein (managed the Beatles and The Rolling Stones) called me about royalties for the estate of Sam Cooke... where Jerry Ragovoy (co-wrote Time is On My Side, sung by the Stones; Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin of course; and Pata Pata, sung by the great Miriam Makeba) called me looking for unpaid royalties... where I did contract and licensing for Carlinhos Brown's participation on Bahia Black with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock...
...where I rescued unpaid royalties for Aretha Franklin (from Atlantic Records), Barbra Streisand (from CBS Records), Led Zeppelin, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Airto Moreira, Jim Hall, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Ray Barretto, Philip Glass, Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd for his interest in Bob Marley compositions, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam and others...
...where I worked with Earl "Speedo" Carroll of the Cadillacs (who went from doo-wopping as a kid on Harlem streetcorners to top of the charts to working as a janitor at P.S. 87 in Manhattan without ever losing what it was that made him special in the first place), and with Jake and Zeke Carey of The Flamingos (I Only Have Eyes for You)... stuff like that.
Yeah this is Bob's first record contract, made with Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd of Studio One and co-signed by his aunt because he was under 21. I took it to Black Rock to argue with CBS' lawyers about the royalties they didn't want to pay. They paid.
MATRIX MUSICAL
The Matrix was built below among some of the world's most powerfully moving music, some of it made by people barely known beyond village borders. Or in the case of Sodré, his anthem A MASSA — a paean to Brazil's poor ("our pain is the pain of a timid boy, a calf stepped on...") — having blasted from every radio between the Amazon and Brazil's industrial south, before he was silenced. (that's me left, with David Dye & Kim Junod for U.S. National Public Radio) ... The Matrix started with Sodré, with João do Boi, with Roberto Mendes, with Bule Bule, with Roque Ferreira... music rooted in the sugarcane plantations of Bahia. Hence our logo (a cane cutter).