Hermeto Pascoal is a 73-year-old Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is probably best known for being featured on Miles Davis's 1971 album "Live-Evil," on which he composed three of the eight tracks. Davis has said of Pascoal that he was the "most impressive musician in the world."
My personal favorite since delving into his discography fairly recently is his group's 2003 album "Mundo Verde Esperanca." On this particular album Pascoal employs "found" objects such as teakettles played with tuba mouthpieces, squeak toys, and water-filled soda bottles among other things. This aspect of his music reminds me of how The Books get some of their sounds. However, in actuality this album is probably more like 70s Zappa than anything else I could reference... besides Sesame Street (albeit on hard drugs) which I am also reminded of from time to time.
(Click album art to download or if you would like to listen first try Taynara or Celso.)
Here is a little "bonus" video of Pascoal and friends making some beautiful melodies and sounds in a Brazilian lagoon. (a must-watch!) :)
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