Jackson do Pandeiro Jackson do Pandeiro José Gomes Filho (August 31, 1919 – July 10, 1982), more commonly known as Jackson do Pandeiro (), was a Brazilian percussionist and singer. Jackson 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, a type of tambourine, in its place. He began playing music with the zabumba, however, in order to assist his mother in
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil twenty-first century. McCann explores the links between the growth of the culture industry, rapid industrialization, and the rise and fall of Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo dictatorship. He does this by analyzing the political effect on radio and music as well as the link between culture and national identity to the music created and produced. Composer Lamartine Babo along with musician are two of the many credited for helping turn the musical and popular culture tide in Brazil. Their Afro-Brazilian fusion of music as well as performance style for the radio and other audiences cements popular culture for years to come.