RIP Hermeto Pascoal - Wizard of Universal Music (June 22, 1936 - September 13, 2025)

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Caminhos do Jazz celebrates the life and work of the great Hermeto Pascoal this week--"O Bruxo," wizard of Universal Music, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist who Miles Davis named as "one of the most important musicians on the planet" (1936-2025). We'll hear a few of his 2,000+ compositions, cuts drawn from his first commercial recording (Em Som Maior, Som Maior, 1965) to his last (Pra Você Ilza, Rocinante, 2024). Sending profound condolences to his loved ones. 💓
 
As a teaser, here are two clips, both live takes. The first, from 1976, features Pascoal on flute, with Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, performing his "Andei" (I Walked) for a television broadcast. The second, recorded in Brazil in 1988, features Pascoal on keyboards with Carlos Malta on saxophone, Jovino Santos Neto at the piano, Itiberê Zwarg on bass, Marcio Bahia at the drums and Fabio Pascoal, Hermeto and Ilza's son, on percusssion.   
 
 
 
 
Playlist
  1. Hermeto Pascoal "Dança do Pajé" (Pascoal) from Viajando Com o Som: The Lost '76 Vice-Versa Studio Session (Far Out Recordings, 2017) 0:46
  2. Sambrasa Trio, feat. Pascoal, Airto Moreira, Humberto Clayber "Coalhada" (Pascoal) from Em Som Maior (Som Maior, 1965) 11:43
  3. Quarteto Novo, feat. Pascoal, Moreira, Heraldo do Monte "O Ovo" (Pascoal) from Quarteto Novo (Odeon, 1967) 14:46
  4. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Inspirando Fundo" (Pascoal) from Pra Você, Ilza (Rocinante, 2024) 17:03
  5. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "No Topo do Morro de Aracajú" (Pascoal) from Pra Você, Ilza (Rocinante, 2024) 24:35
  6. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Som da Aura" (Pascoal, Itiberê Zwarg , Fabio Pascoal , André Marques , Ajurinã Zwarg, Jota P.) from No Mundo dos Soms (Selo Sesc, 2017) 27:28
  7. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo, feat. Heraldo Do Monte, Jovino Santos Neto, Marcio Bahia ) "Magimani Sagei" (Pascoal) from Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo (Som da Gente, 1982) 31:52
  8. Hermeto Pascoal "Caminho do Sol" (Pascoal) from Eu e Eles (Rádio Mec, 1999) 43:53
  9. Hermeto Pascoal "That Waltz / Aquela Valsa" (Pascoal) from Slaves Mass / Missa dos Escravos (Warner Bros., 1977) 45:14
  10. Hermeto Pascoal "Fátima" (Pascoal) from Ao Vivo Montreux Jazz (Atlantic, 1979) 48:00
  11. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Suite Mundo Grande" (Pascoal) from Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer (Som da Gente, 1987) 54:30
  12. Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Intocável" (Pascoal) from Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer (Som da Gente, 1987) 58:49

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