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 Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil is a book by historian Bryan McCann published by Duke University Press in 2004. This book discusses the social impacts of Brazilian music in society and culture between the 1920s-1950s. Alongside the social impacts during the time period, the book also analyzes the long term effects of the music in Brazilian culture and how it shaped modern day Brazil. McCann's thesis in this book is that through the political movement of Getúlio Vargas Estado Novo (Brazil), the growth