Jackson do Pandeiro

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Name = Jackson do Pandeiro


Img_capt = A statue of Jackson do Pandeiro in Campina Grande, Brazil
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = José Gomes Filho
Alias = Jackson do Pandeiro
Born = Birth date|1919|08|31
Paraíba, Brazil
Died = Death date and age|1982|07|10|1919|08|31|
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Instrument = Pandeiro, voice
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Occupation = Percussionist, singer
Years_active = 1950s–1980s

José Gomes Filho (August 31, 1919 – July 10, 1982), more commonly known as Jackson do Pandeiro, was a Brazilian percussionist and singer.

Filho was born in Paraíba, Brazil, a region in the northeast of the country. His mother, Flora Mourão, was a musician and singer who played several percussion instruments. As a child he had originally wanted to play the accordion, but his parents could not afford it and bought him a pandeiro, an type of tambourine, in its place.cite web |url=http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/en/Artists/Artists.asp?Status=ARTISTA&Nu_Artista=281 |title=Jackson do Pandeiro |accessdate=2008-03-25 |work=AllBrazilianMusic |publisher=CliqueMusic Editora ] He began playing music with the zabumba, however, in order to assist his mother in performances.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:k9fqxqqjldhe~T1 |title=Biography |accessdate=2008-03-25 |last=Neder |first=Alvaro |work=Allmusic |publisher=All Media Guide ] When Filho was 13 years old his family moved to Campina Grande, a city in Paraíba. After the move, Filho lived in João Pessoa, where he performed in various cabarets and on the radio; and also to Recife, where he eventually began working in a radio station and took the pseudonym of Jackson do Pandeiro. Originally his mother had nicknamed him "Jack", after the actor Jack Perry, who played parts in cowboy films which were popular in Brazil during do Pandeiro's youth. [cite book| title=Brazilian Popular Music & Globalization| author=Charles A. Perrone, Christopher Dunn| publisher=Routledge| year=2002| pages=p. 3] He had his first hit with "Sebastiana", a song based on traditional Brazilian rhythms.

The single was followed by a number of albums that were successful with audiences throughout Brazil. Soon after, he joined his future wife Almira Castilhos de Albuquerque on a trip to Rio de Janeiro, financed by his recent success. The two had been performing in a duo together and were eventually married in October 1954. However, the duo and marriage were jointly ended in 1967, and Filho's popularity diminished soon after. Filho did find some greater success later, though, when the popular singer and guitarist Gilberto Gil, as well as the singer Gal Costa, rerecorded some of his material in 1972.

Discography

*1954: "Sua Majejstade o Rei do Ritmo"
*1955: "Jackson do Pandeiro"
*1956: "Forró do Jackson"
*1958: "Os donos do ritmo"
*1961: "A tuba de muié"
*1963: "O Cabra da Peste"
*1972: "Sina de Cigarra"
*1974: "Se tem mulher tô lá"
*1976: "Um nordestino alegre"
*1979: "Nossas raízes"
*1981: "Isso é que é forró"

References

Persondata
NAME=Filho, José Gomes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=do Pandeiro, Jackson
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Percussionist, singer
DATE OF BIRTH=August 31, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH=Paraíba, Brazil
DATE OF DEATH=July 10, 1982
PLACE OF DEATH=