Bola Sete: ‘Soul Samba’

You need to know the legendary Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete! His nickname, pronounced “bowl-ah set-ay,” comes from the Portuguese for “seven ball” in snooker — the game’s only black ball apart from the eight ball, nodding to Sete as the only Black member in his jazz group. A visionary with a signature style, Sete played with Dizzy Gillespie and Vince Guaraldi. We’re sharing his composition “Soul Samba,” culled from “Bola Sete — Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968.”