Bola Sete
Bola Sete, born Djalma de Andrade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 16, 1923,
was a Brazilian jazz guitarist who lived until 1987. He studied guitar at the
National School of Music in Rio de Janeiro and at a music conservatory in São
Paulo. After performing in clubs and hotels across Italy from 1952 to 1958, he
relocated to the United States, where Dizzy Gillespie introduced him to wider
audiences at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival. He collaborated with Vince
Guaraldi, releasing studio albums Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends in 1963
and From All Sides in 1964. He formed a t...
