By William Schomberg

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, who played – and even boxed – with Miles Davis and was known as “The Sorcerer” for coaxing tunes from everything from a live piglet to water-filled kettles, died on Saturday aged 89.

According to a message shared on his social media pages, Pascoal “passed surrounded by family and fellow musicians.”

Pascoal became an instantly recognizable figure for jazz fans around the world with his mane of white hair and thick beard. Critics lauded his creativity as a composer and his virtuoso playing of the keyboards, guitar and saxophones.

Born on June 22, 1936, in Alagoas state in Brazil’s poor northeast, he was spared work in the fields as an albino child and instead spent hours learning how to play his father’s accord

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