Djalma Corrêa, famous Brazilian percussionist, died yesterday in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 80. He battled pancreatic cancer.
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Djalma was born in Ouro Preto (MG) and began his career in Brazilian music in the ’60s. In 1964 he took part in the show “Nós, por exemple” at the Teatro Vila Velha in Salvador. Musicians such as Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Tom Zé and Perna took part in the presentation.
In the 1970s he worked on film soundtracks and plays, formed the musical group Baiafro and worked both on recordings and live performances with musicians such as Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Caetano Veloso.
In 1976 he took part in the show “Doces Bárbaros” with Gil, Caetano, Bethânia and Gal Costa, who died in early November at the age of 77.
In one of the rehearsals of Us, for Example. From left to right: Djalma Correa, Gal Costa, Fernando Lona, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Perna Fróes
Image: Orlando Senna
During his career he has also played in prominent international performances such as Gilberto Gil at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland and Maria Bethânia in Rome, Italy for the reopening of the Teatro Sistina.
Between 1973 and 1978, Djalma Corrêa traveled the country as director of the Phonogram Project for Research and Documentation of Folklore in Brazil. During these trips, he captured various aspects of Brazilian folklore through photography and filming, which led to his arrest on charges of documenting negative aspects of the country. In 1979 a series of 25 CDs organized by Phonogram was released as a result of this research.
Important albums on which he has played include Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben’s Ogum/Xangô, Caetano Veloso’s Jóia and Qualquer algo, Gil’s Refavela, Chico Buarque’s Almanaque, Nós ‘ by Luiz Melodia and ‘Mancha de dendê não sai’ by Moraes Moreira and ‘Quarteto Negro’ with Paulo Moura, Zezé Motta and Jorge Degas and the authors ‘Djalma Corrêa’ and ‘Candomblé’.