Hermeto Pascoal, Amsterdam

Hermeto Pascoal biography

Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil on June 22, 1936. Known as "o bruxo" (the sorcerer), "o mago" (the magician) or "o campeão" (the champion), Pascoal is a true albino. He suffered from ridicule in his native birthplace, as most people do, and loved America because, he said, he was respected there for his music and was not only seen as a "monster" by people on the street. Today, however, he is widely respected and well-known all round the world as in brazil!

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