SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, who played - and even boxed - with Miles Davis and was known as "The Sorcerer" for coaxing tunes from everything from a live piglet to ...

Hermeto Pascoal performs during a festival in France in 2005. Known for improvisation and a sense of whimsy, Pascoal blended regional Brazilian folk music with jazz and psychedelia over a decades-long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tallahassee Youth Orchestra serenaded the audience with "Tropical Imaginations: Brazil in Sound" on Feb. 23. The Tallahassee ...

The Florida State University Philharmonic presented the American premiere of acclaimed Brazilian composer Arthur Barbosa’s “Variations in Search of a Theme" on Feb. 12 in a free event in Opperman ...

Though Bossa Nova, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, are Brazil's most recognized musical export, Brazil hosts a vast number of musical styles with musicians garnering international followings.

Creator of more than 90 original works including commissions for such high profile presenters as Carnegie Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the L.A. Philharmonic, Clarice Assad has ...

The prolific Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal has died. Nicknamed "the Sorcerer," Pascoal resembled a wizard from a storybook — both in his personal style, and his ability to create magical sounds ...

Pascoal said he had composed thousands of pieces. "I am 100 percent intuitive," he once told NPR. Miles Davis called him one of the most important... Hermeto Pascoal, whimsical Brazilian composer ...