Sergio Pires & Bobby Broom - Passport Not Required (2007)

Sergio Pires was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, self taught songwriter, playing original musical since his early twenties back in Brazil. Met Bobby Broom while living in Chicago around 1992 and since then they have been playing together around town. Bobby Broom is a gifted guitarrist, who played with Miles Davis, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Rollins, among others. Currently on tour with Sonny Rollins, Bobby has a strong following all over the world and he is also a part of the Deep Blues Trio and his own trio.

Passport Not Required was produced by Sergio Pires and Bobby Broom in 2007, it has 9 songs blending from Brazilian music to jazzy organic grooves. Besides the original material written by Sergio Pires, it has two songs written by Cateano Veloso and Tarde em Itapua written by Toquinho and Viniicius de Moraes.