New Bola Sete Compilation Captures Masterful Talent of a Brazilian Jazz Guitarist with Deep Roots In The Bay Area

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Brazilian jazz guitarist Bola Sete is considered one of the greatest – but also underappreciated – musical talents of his era. A new three-disc compilation, “Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968,” captures live recordings of Sete, who lived and performed in the Bay Area for decades, at a storied jazz club. Critics say the new album highlights Sete, who died in Marin County in 1987, at the prime of his career and brings much deserved appreciation to his artistry. The recordings, however, could have been lost forever if not for a few strokes of fate. We talk about the life and music of Bola Sete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.6	Bola Sete was a Brazilian jazz guitarist who spent decades here in the Bay Area with his wife, Anne.
0:56.0	Sete is considered one of the greatest musical talents of his era, like in the world.
1:01.0	And to hear his contemporaries talk about him is astonishing.
1:05.0	In the liner notes of a new three-disc compilation, Samba in Seattle, live at the penthouse, which was a club up there,
1:11.2	1966 to 1968.
1:13.4	We read Carlos Santana and John Fahey celebrate the virtuosity of Sete's playing.
1:18.7	Santana said watching Sete was no different than watching Jimmy Hendrix, saying there are certain
1:24.7	people who are another level of greatness that is beyond superlatives,
1:28.6	and he is one of them.
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