A Portuguese friend gave me a wonderful LP from 1984 called Cadoi by Julio Pereira. She thought that he stopped playing or that the CDs would be hard to come by in the US. Seems like there are quite a few to download on both eMusic and iTunes. great stuff and lots of energy.
He was mentioned on a thread about fado under jazz/world but I thought this would more appropriate.
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