La Calavera: Hermeto Pascoal

Good sounds just keep comin' up. La Calavera and his woman spent the night just samplin' one kind of music after another. We found Hermeto Pascoal thanks to The Avalanches who appreciate his music and have sampled some of his records. Here are three vids with el hombre de Brazil who has worked along side such greats as Miles Davis, Alphonso Johnson, and many others:

Música da Lagoa


Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (1979)


hermeto pascoal & aline morena: water and hose


To get some more info about the life and music of Pascoal check out:

The Pandora Bio
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/hermeto+pascoal

The Wiki entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeto_Pascoal

The Official site
http://www.hermetopascoal.com.br/

This music just gets La Calavera's cuerpo in motion! You can't help but feel the music grab hold of your soul and sense the spiritual connection it has with madre earth. Pascoal helps you remember that music can resonate from anything; the plucking of a guitar string, the scratching of records, even the beating of a plain wooden log or splashing some water. Hope it inspires some of you out there.

Hasta la proxima,

La Calavera #42