Naná Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos performing in Brazil, 2005
Background information Born Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos
(1944-08-02 ) 2 August 1944Died 9 March 2016(2016-03-09) (aged 71) Genres Brazilian,jazz ,world Occupation(s) Musician, singer, songwriter Instrument(s) Percussion ,berimbau , vocalsYears active 1973–2016
Musical artist
Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos , known asNaná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016),[ 1] percussionist , vocalist andberimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician withPat Metheny ,Don Cherry ,Jan Garbarek ,Egberto Gismonti ,Gato Barbieri , andMilton Nascimento .
Vasconcelos was born inRecife , Brazil. Beginning from 1967 he joined many artists' works as a percussionist. Among his many collaborations, he contributed to fourJon Hassell albums from 1976 to 1980 (includingPossible Musics Brian Eno and Hassell), and later to severalPat Metheny Group works andJan Garbarek concerts from early 1980s to early 1990s. In 1984 he appeared on thePierre Favre albumSinging Drums along withPaul Motian . He also appears onArild Andersen 's albumIf You Look Far Enough withRalph Towner .[ 2]
He formed a group namedCodona withDon Cherry andCollin Walcott , which released three albums in 1978, 1980 and 1982.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Between 1984 and 1989, he was the Honorary President of the first samba school in the UK, the London School of Samba.[ 6]
In 1981 he performed at theWoodstock Jazz Festival , held in celebration of the tenth anniversary of theCreative Music Studio . In 1998, Vasconcelos contributed "Luz de Candeeiro" to the AIDS benefit compilation albumOnda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon Red Hot Organization .[ 7] [ 8]
Vasconcelos was awarded theBest Percussionist Of The Year by theDown Beat Critics Poll [ 9] Grammy Awards .[ 10]
Vasconcelos was diagnosed withlung cancer in mid 2015.[ 11] [ 1]
The work "Vasconcelos " is dedicated to his honor, recorded on the 2018Michael Waldrop releaseOrigin Suite
Vasconcelos playedcongas ,berimbau ,gourd ,triangle ,drums ,cymbals ,repique ,tambourine ,gong ,caxixi ,talking drum ,cuica ,shaker , palmas,pandeiro , zabumba,udu ,cabasa , prato, tambor,hi-hats ,bells ,water drum ,vibraphone ,güiro ,ganza ,cowbell ,tabla , xequere, Turkish drum,repique ,surdo , shells, African bells,agogo bells , clay pot,timpani ,snare drum ,flexatone , Tibetan gong and other assorted percussion.[ 12]
El Increible Nana Con Agustin Pereyra Lucena (Tonodisc, 1971)Amazonas (Philips, 1973)Nana, Nelson Angelo, Novelli (Saravah, 1975)Saudades Zumbi (Europa, 1983)Lester (Soul Note, 1987)Bush Dance (Antilles, 1987)Rain Dance (Antilles, 1989)Storytelling Fragments Modern Tradition (Tzadik, 1997)Contaminacao (M. Officer Estudio 1999)Minha Loa (Net, 2001)Chegada (Azul Music, 2005)Trilhas (Azul Music, 2006)Sinfonia & Batuques (Azul Music, 2011)4 Elementos (Pernambuco, 2013)WithAmbitious Lovers
Greed Love Overlap (Virgin, 1988)Lust WithArild Andersen
Sagn (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1990)If You Look Far Enough (ECM, 1993)Arv (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994)WithGato Barbieri
Fenix El Pampero Live in Buenos Ayres 1971 (Oxford, 1976)Bolivia (RCA, 1985)WithDon Cherry
WithCodona
WithPino Daniele
Musicante (EMI/Bagaria, 1984)Scio (Atlantic, 1984)Iguana Cafe (RCA/Sony BMG, 2005)WithEliane Elias
WithJan Garbarek
WithEgberto Gismonti
WithJon Hassell
WithArto Lindsay
WithPat Metheny
WithMilton Nascimento
Milagre dos peixes Geraes (EMI, 1976)Journey to Dawn (A&M, 1979)Miltons (CBS, 1988)Angelus (Warner 1993)Milton (EMI, 1995)Maria Maria/Ultimo Trem (Warner 2002)Maria Maria (Far Out, 2019)WithCaetano Veloso
Pierre Akendengue ,Nandipo (Saravah, 1974)Herb Alpert ,You Smile – The Song Begins Laurie Anderson ,Strange Angels Badi Assad ,Verde (Edge Music, 2004)Aztec Camera ,Dreamland Ginger Baker ,Horses & Trees Zeca Baleiro ,Cafe No Bule (Selo, 2015)Harry Belafonte ,Turn the World Around Walter Bishop Jr. ,Illumination Luiz Bonfa ,The New Face of Bonfa (RCA, 2003)Safy Boutella ,Mejnoun Jonathan Butler ,Head to Head (Mercury, 1993)Vinicius Cantuaria ,Tucuma (Verve, 1998)Carminho ,Canto Baikida Carroll ,Orange Fish Tears Ron Carter ,Patrão Jean-Roger Caussimon ,Jean-Roger Caussimon (Saravah, 1974)Gal Costa ,Legal Beverley Craven ,Love Scenes Eduardo De Crescenzo ,Cante Jondo (Ricordi, 1991)Jack DeJohnette ,Irresistible Forces Joao Donato ,Quem e Quem (Odeon, 1973)Luiz Eca ,La Nueva Onda De Brasil (Lazarus, 2004)Pierre Favre ,Singing Drums Cordel do Fogo Encantado ,Cordel do Fogo Encantado (Rec-Beat, 2001)Michael Franks ,Passionfruit Chico Freeman ,The Search (India Navigation, 1983)Gipsy Kings ,Love and Liberté Danny Gottlieb ,Whirlwind (Atlantic, 1989)Trilok Gurtu ,Living Magic (CMP, 1991)Jay Hoggard ,Days Like These (Arista GRP, 1979)Rolf Kuhn ,The Day After (MPS, 1972)Sergio Mendes ,Brasil '88 Shigeharu Mukai ,Pleasure (Better Days, 1980)Mark Helias ,The Current Set (Enja, 1987)Terumasa Hino ,City Connection (Flying Disk, 1979)Terumasa Hino,Daydream (JVC, 1990) Bendik Hofseth ,Itaka (Grappa, 2005)Toninho Horta ,Moonstone (PolyMedia, 1989)Joyce ,Visions of Dawn (Far Out, 2009)Nigel Kennedy ,Kafka (EMI, 1996)Chaka Khan ,Naughty B.B. King ,Now Appearing at Ole Miss B.B. King,King of the Blues (MCA, 1992) Joachim Kuhn ,Hip Elegy (MPS/BASF, 1976)Jon Lucien ,Romantico (Zemajo, 1980)John Lurie ,Down by Law (Made to Measure/Crammed Discs, 1987)Lyle Mays ,Lyle Mays Lloyd McNeill ,Tori (Baobab, 1978)Lloyd McNeill,Elegia (Baobab, 1980) Sérgio Mendes ,Brasil '88 Marisa Monte ,Mais Marisa Monte,Green, Blue, Yellow, Rose and Charcoal (Metro Blue/EMI, 1994) Bob Moses ,When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1983)Mundo Livre S/A ,Samba Esquema Noise (Banguela, 1994)Oliver Nelson ,Swiss Suite Os Mutantes ,A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado Penguin Cafe Orchestra ,Union Cafe Jim Pepper ,Comin' and Goin' Ivo Perelman ,Man of the Forest (GM, 1994)Jean-Luc Ponty ,Live at Montreux 72 (Pierre Cardin/Disc'Az 1972)Enrico Rava ,String Band (Soul Note, 1984)Claudio Roditi ,Red, On (Red/CTI, 1984)Orphy Robinson ,The Funky End of Things (Blue Note, 1994)Orphy Robinson,The Vibes Describes (Blue Note, 1994) Perry Robinson ,Nana Vasconcelos, Badal Roy, Kundalini (Improvising Artists, 1978)Badal Roy ,Asian Journal (Music of the World, 1994)Ryuichi Sakamoto ,Beauty Monica Salmaso ,Trampolim (Discmedi Blau, 1998)David Sanborn ,Upfront Masahiko Satoh ,Randooga (Epic, 1990)Zbigniew Seifert ,Passion (Capitol, 1979)Woody Shaw ,For Sure! Woody Shaw,Rosewood Andy Sheppard ,Inclassificable (Label Bleu, 1994)Robertinho Silva ,Robertinho Silva (Philips, 1981)Carly Simon ,Have You Seen Me Lately? Paul Simon ,The Rhythm of the Saints U. Srinivas ,Dream (Real World/Virgin, 1995)Jeremy Steig ,Rain Forest Fredy Studer ,Seven Songs (veraBra, 1991)Andy Summers ,World Gone Strange Talking Heads ,Little Creatures Gary Thomas ,By Any Means Necessary JMT , 1989)Leon Thomas ,Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain Mega /Flying Dutchman, 1971)Trio da Paz ,Black Orpheus (Kokopelli, 1994)Akiko Yano ,Love Life (Nonesuch, 1993)Yellowjackets ,Like a River
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