Miscelânea 32 - The Incredible Musical Journey of Hermeto Pascoal Part III - From Bairro Jabour to the World (1979 - 1992)

In the last episode of this special series dedicated to Hermeto Pascoal and his music, we´re gonna take a look at a very special period of his career. It begins when Hermeto goes back to live in Rio de Janeiro in 1977. He settled himself in Bairro Jabour, in the suburbs of the city and from that point on, started to dedicate all his energy to his own music, after getting tired of unsuccessfully trying to create his permanent group in São Paulo and of the many trips he would make to the United States to play on other people’s records. Hermeto was also tired of the unsatisfactory results from working with different musicians on his own works. From the moment he went back to Rio, this project (of having a permanent group he could develop his music with) gradually came to reality, finally happenning in 1981.

After that happened, they stayed together for 12 years, rehearsing 5 times a week, 6 hours a day, recorded 6 albums and did a huge number of tours around the world. As they say, “the rest is history”. This history is what we’ll take a look at on today’s show. Come in and listen!

Zabumbê-bum-á - 1979
1-Alexandre, Marcelo e Pablo (Nenê)
2-São Jorge (Hermeto Pascoal)

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival - 1979
3-Forró Brasil (Hermeto Pascoal)

Cérebro Magnético- 1980
4-Música das Nuvens e do Chão

Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo - 1982
5-Série de Arco (Hermeto Pascoal)

Lagoa da Canoa - 1984
6-Aquela Coisa (Hermeto Pascoal)

Brasil Universo - 1986
7-Era Pra Ser e Não Foi (Hermeto Pascoal)
8-E Nem Dá Pra Dizer (Hermeto Pascoal)

Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer - 1987
9-Quiabo (Hermeto Pascoal)

Mundo Verde Esperança - 1989 (Never released)
10-Acuri (Hermeto Pascoal)

Festa dos Deuses - 1992
11-Canção no Paiol em Curitiba (Hermeto Pascoal)
12-Viajando Pelo Brasil (Hermeto Pascoal)

 

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Hermeto also released a Solo Piano album for Som da Gente in 1989 called “Por Diferentes Caminhos”.

This special period ended in 1992 the group went on it’s first personnel change since 1981 when Jovino and Carlos Malta left the group. Since then, Hermeto has released 3 records, Eu e Eles (1999), Mundo Verde Esperança (2002) and Chimarrão com Rapadura (2006), and keeps doing solo, duo and group concerts all over the world. Miscelânea Vanguardiosa will make a show dedicated to these more recent times later this year.

For more on the 80s period of Hermeto & Grupo, check our show Miscelânea-27

For more on the most recent Hermeto record, listen to our portuguese show Miscelânea 15, dedicated to Chimarrão com Rapadura

Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Live Teatro Hilton - 1987 - Sharing permitted by Hermeto
Part 1
Part 2

Download all Hermeto & Grupo out-of-print records from the recovered Som da Gente Label catalog at Abracadabra.