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Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri, and Milton Nascimento.
18 de mar. de 2015 · Ever the artist searching for a new, authentic sound, Paul Simon went to Brazil and employed the heavily percussive samba known as Batucada for his 1990 album, The Rhythm of the Saints. Here Simon fuses his witty pop and folk roots with Latin musical and rhythm techniques by employing nearly 70 session musicians.
En este ambicioso disco, donde toman parte más de treinta músicos, vale destacar las participaciones del guitarrista Adrian Belew (King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa), el baterista Steve Gadd (Eric Clapton, Chick Corea), J.J. Cale, el percusionista Nana Vasconcelos, el destacado compositor brasilero Milton Nascimento, el trompetista Randy ...
The Rhythm Of The Saints is the eighth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 16, 1990, on Warner Bros. In much the same way that Simon’s 1986 album Graceland drew upon South African music, this album was inspired by Brazilian musical traditions.
12 de mar. de 2016 · Naná Vasconcelos, a Brazilian percussionist whose stylistic daring and freewheeling experimentalism made him a sought-after collaborator with artists as varied as the Argentine jazz saxophonist...
Percussionist Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (Recife, Brazil 1944 – 2016), specialized in the berimbau throughout his musical life and appeared on ECM between the 70s and 90s as a prolific sideman with celebrated jazz greats like Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek and Ralph Towner.
28 de mar. de 2016 · Now Nana Vasconcelos, the great Brazilian percussionist, is no more. Dead from lung cancer at the tender age of 71 – which would have made him about 45 when The Good Wife and I went to see him at The Leadmill, Sheffield.
