Bola Sete

Bola Sete (born Djalma de Andrade; July 16, 1923 – February 14, 1987) was a Brazilian guitarist known for playing jazz with Vince Guaraldi and Dizzy Gillespie.

[1] At age 10, Sete was fostered by an affluent married couple who sent him to school and introduced him to classical music.

When World War II started, Sete's foster parents sent him into hiding in the Brazilian interior to avoid military conscription.

[1] Sete's foster parents wanted him to pursue a career in law, but he was set on becoming a musician and began studying guitar at the National School of Music in Rio.

[2] Sete toured with Gillespie, then returned to San Francisco, where he joined the Vince Guaraldi trio.

After staying for a couple of years with Guaraldi, Sete formed his own trio with Sebastião Neto on bass and Paulinho Magalhães on drums.

On February 14, 1987, he died at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California of complications caused by pneumonia and cancer.