Photo by Gabriel Quintao A burly albino man with white hair falling to the middle of his back and a beard to match, Hermeto Pascoal is one of the most instantly recognizable musicians in the world. He was born in 1936 in Lagoa da Canoa, a small town in northeastern Brazil, and began playing his father’s accordion as a child. In the mid-’60s, having moved to piano, he formed the short-lived Sambras
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