Nana Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos is one of the cluster of endlessly inventive Brazilian percussionists who were changing the direction and sounds of Brazilian jazz in the post-bossa nova 1970s. Vasconcelos is an especially inventive virtuoso of the berimbau, the weird yet expressive instrument shaped like an archer's bow, and he is also adept at the odd-numbered meters (5/4, 7/4) that were used frequently in the north but not the south of Brazil. As the son of a guitarist, Vasconcelos got his start in his father's band at age 12 playing bongos and maracas. Taking on a drum kit as part of his arsenal, he moved to Rio de Janeiro in the mid-'60s and caught on with the young Milton Nascimento, picking up several other Brazilian percussion instruments in the process. Gato Barbieri heard him and snatched him up for tours in Argentina, Europe, and a U.S. jaunt in 1971; Vasconcelos can be heard on a number of Barbieri's Flying Dutchman albums. Following the tour, he lived in Paris for two years, occasionally gigging with Don Cherry in Sweden.
In 1976, he made a remarkable duo album with Brazilian guitarist/wood flute player Egberto Gismonti, Dança Das Cabeças, the first of several dates as a leader or sideman on the ECM label. He reunited with Cherry in 1978 and, with Collin Walcott, formed Codona, a trio that played a fusion of music from four continents until Walcott's death in 1984. In the meantime, Vasconcelos joined the Pat Metheny Group from 1980 to 1983 as a "special guest," one who had the effect of rerouting Metheny's music in the general direction of Brazil. Since then, Vasconcelos has played on and off with Cherry, toured and recorded with Jan Garbarek, played on many recording sessions, and, in 1995, formed an unusual duo with the Scottish classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie at the Bath International Music Festival. ~ Richard S. Ginell
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Codona Trilogy
Don Cherry, Collin Walcott, Nana Vasconcelos
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 6 Oct 2008
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If You Look Far Enough
Arild Andersen, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 1 Jan 1993
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Kundalini
Perry Robinson, Nana Vasconcelos, Badal Roy
Jazz - Released by Improvising Artists on 1 Jun 1978
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Duas Vozes
Egberto Gismonti, Nana Vasconcelos
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 1 Jun 1984
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Rheomusi
Fabiano Araújo, Nana Vasconcelos, Arild Andersen
Brazil - Released by Tratore on 11 Nov 2011
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Eventyr
Jan Garbarek, Nana Vasconcelos, John Abercrombie
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 1 Dec 1980
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Africadeus - N.Angelo - Novelli
World - Released by Saravah on 1 Jun 1992
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Isso vai dar repercussão
Nana Vasconcelos, Itamar Assumpção, Naná Vasconcelos & Itamar Assumpção
Brazil - Released by Tratore on 1 Jan 2004
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The Incredible NANÁ
Nana Vasconcelos, Agustin Pereyra Lucena
Jazz - Released by Altercat on 1 Jan 1971
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Café No Bule
Nana Vasconcelos, Paulo Lepetit, Zeca Baleiro
World - Released by Tratore on 4 Sep 2015
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Lester
Nana Vasconcelos, Antonello Salis
Jazz - Released by Soul Note on 1 Jan 1987
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Fragments - Modern Tradition
World - Released by Tzadik on 19 Aug 1997
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4 Elementos
World - Released by Far Out Recordings on 25 Jun 2013
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Africadeus - N.Angelo - Novelli
Miscellaneous - Released by Éditions Saravah on 1 Jun 1992
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