Djalma Novaes Corrêa (18 November 1942 – 8 December 2022) was a Brazilian percussionist and composer.

Born in Ouro Preto, the son of a flautist, Corrêa spent his adolescence in Belo Horizonte, and he studied composition and percussion at the Seminarios de Musica of the Federal University of Bahia.

[1] In 1970 he founded the jazz fusion percussion ensemble Baiafro, which he eventually left in 1976.

[1][2][3] His collaborations include Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Peter Gabriel, Volker Kriegel, Dave Pike.

[1][3][4] He was part of the supergroup "Quarteto Negro" with Zezé Motta, Paulo Moura and Jorge Degas.