Hermeto Pascoal

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Hermeto Pascoal ( born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil on 22 June 1936; died 13 September 2025) was a Brazilian jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist remembered for his orchestration and improvisation, as well as for being a record producer and contributor to many Brazilian and international albums. From an early age, Pascoal was playing sanfona, meaning button accordion. At age eight, he started with the flute. Pascoal was a self-taught child prodigy. When he was eleven, he started performing in musical groups with his brother (Jose Neto Pascoal) and father (Pascoal José da Costa). He and his family moved to Recife in 1950. Pascoal starting playing in some groups there that would start getting radio time, and by 1960, he picked up the saxophone and created the group Som Quatro. His career began in 1964 with appearances on several Brazilian recordings alongside relatively unknown groups. These albums and the musicians involved (Edu Lobo, Elis Regina, Cesar Camargo Mariano) establi