Djalma Corrêa

Djalma Corrêa (born 18 November 1942, Ouro Preto) is a Brazilian percussionist and composer, most notable in both the MPB and Jazz scene. Corrêa was born into a musical family and grew up to the age of twelve in Minas Gerais state. He studied percussion and composition at the Federal University of Bahia with Walter Smetak, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, Ernst Widmer, and others as professors. In the 1960s, he accompanied Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Alcyvando Luz, Fernando Lona, and Antonio Perna Fróes, with whom he performed in their works. He was also a drummer with the orchestra of Carlos Lacerda. In 1972, together with the Dave Pike worked on a private album, released in. In the same year he joined Gilberto Gil at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He later worked with Sebastião Tapajós, and founded the Quarteto Negro, along with Paulo Moura, Zezé Motta, and Jorge Degas. He has also performed with Larry Coryell. He was also involved on the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ. Djalma was also the percussionist for the acclaimed single from the English musician Peter Gabriel "Mercy Street" from his 1986 album So.