Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian

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, vocalist and

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player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician with

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, Don Cherry,

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, and Milton Nascimento.

Life and career

Vasconcelos was born in

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, Brazil. Beginning from 1967 he joined many artists' works as a percussionist. Among his many collaborations, he contributed to four

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albums from 1976 to 1980 (including '' Possible Musics'' by

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and Hassell), and later to several

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works and

concerts from early 1980s to early 1990s. In 1984 he appeared on the Pierre Favre album ''Singing Drums'' along with

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. He also appears on Arild Andersen's album ''If You Look Far Enough'' with

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. He formed a group named Codona with Don Cherry and

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, which released three albums in 1978, 1980 and 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, he was the Honorary President of the first samba school in the UK, the London School of Samba. In 1981 he performed at the Woodstock Jazz Festival, held in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Creative Music Studio. In 1998, Vasconcelos contributed "Luz de Candeeiro" to the AIDS benefit compilation album '' Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon'' produced by the

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. Vasconcelos was awarded the ''Best Percussionist Of The Year'' by the

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'' for seven consecutive years, from 1984 to 1990. He was also honored with eight

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. Vasconcelos was diagnosed with

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in mid 2015. He died from the disease on 9 March 2016, in Recife. The work " Vasconcelos" is dedicated to his honor, recorded on the 2018 release " Origin Suite".

Instruments

Vasconcelos played

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are stave (wood), staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (drum), quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), an ...

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triangle A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimension ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

cymbals A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...

, repique,

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

gong A gongFrom Indonesian language, Indonesian and ; ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ; ; ; ; is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, and used widely in Southeast Asian and East Asian musical traditions. Gongs are made of metal and ...

, caxixi,

talking drum The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, which can be used as a form of speech surrogacy by regulating its pitch and rhythm to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather t ...

, cuica, shaker, palmas,

pandeiro The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil. The pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, and capoeira music. The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (''platinelas' ...

, zabumba, udu,

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, prato, tambor,

hi-hat A hi-hat (hihat, high-hat, etc.) is a combination of two cymbals and a pedal, all mounted on a metal stand. It is a part of the standard drum kit used by drummers in many styles of music including rock music, rock, popular music, pop, jazz, an ...

s, bells, water drum,

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

güiro The güiro () is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. The güiro is commonly ...

, ganza,

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tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

, xequere, Turkish drum, repique, surdo, shells, African bells, agogo bells, clay pot,

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flexatone The flexatone or fleximetal is a modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle. Used in classic cartoons for its glissando effect, its so ...

, Tibetan gong and other assorted percussion.

Discography

As leader

* ''El Increible Nana Con Agustin Pereyra Lucena'' (Tonodisc, 1971) * ''Amazonas'' (Philips, 1973) * ''Nana, Nelson Angelo, Novelli'' (Saravah, 1975) * '' Saudades'' (ECM, 1980) * ''Zumbi'' (Europa, 1983) * ''Lester'' (Soul Note, 1987) * ''Bush Dance'' (Antilles, 1987) * ''Rain Dance'' (Antilles, 1989) * ''

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'' (Hemisphere, 1995) * ''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)

As sideman

With Ambitious Lovers * ''

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'' (Virgin, 1988) * ''Love Overlap'' (Virgin, 1988) * ''

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'' (Elektra, 1991) With Arild Andersen * ''Sagn'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1990) * ''If You Look Far Enough'' (ECM, 1993) * ''Arv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994) With

* '' Fenix'' (Flying Dutchman, 1971) * '' El Pampero'' (Flying Dutchman, 1972) * ''Live in Buenos Ayres 1971'' (Oxford, 1976) * ''Bolivia'' (RCA, 1985) With Don Cherry * '' Organic Music Society'' (Caprice, 1973) * '' Multikuti'' (A&M, 1990) * '' Live at the Bracknell Jazz Festival, 1986'' (BBC, 2002) * ''

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'' (Black Sweat, 2020 With Codona * '' Codona'' (ECM, 1979) * '' Codona 2'' (ECM, 1981) * '' Codona 3'' (ECM, 1983) With Pino Daniele * ''Musicante'' (EMI/Bagaria, 1984) * ''Scio'' (Atlantic, 1984) * ''Iguana Cafe'' (RCA/Sony BMG, 2005) With

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* '' Eliane Elias Plays Jobim'' (Blue Note, 1990) * '' Fantasia'' (Blue Note, 1992) * '' Paulistana'' (Blue Note, 1993) With

* '' Eventyr'' (ECM, 1981) * '' Legend of the Seven Dreams'' (ECM, 1988) * '' I Took Up the Runes'' (ECM, 1990) With

* '' Danca das Cabecas'' (ECM, 1977) * '' Sol do Meio Dia'' (ECM, 1978) * '' Duas Vozes'' (ECM, 1984) * ''Trem Caipira'' (EMI, 1985) With

* ''Earthquake Island'' (Tomato, 1978) * '' Vernal Equinox'' (Lovely Music, 1978) * '' Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics'' (Editions EG/Polydor, 1980) * ''Sulla Strada'' (Materiali Sonori, 1995) With

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* ''

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'' (ArsNova, 1996) * ''Reentry'' (Gut for Life, 1997) * '' Noon Chill'' (Bar/None, 1998) With

* '' As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls'' (ECM, 1981) * '' Offramp'' (ECM, 1982) * '' Travels'' (ECM, 1983) * '' Secret Story'' (Geffen, 1992) With Milton Nascimento * '' Milagre dos peixes'' (Odeon, 1973) * ''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) With

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* '' Estrangeiro'' (Philips, 1989) * '' Circuladô'' (Philips, 1991) * ''Antologia 67/03'' (Universal, 2003)

With others

* Pierre Akendengue, ''Nandipo'' (Saravah, 1974) *

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, '' You Smile – The Song Begins'' (1974) *

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, '' Strange Angels'' (Warner Bros., 1989) * Badi Assad, ''Verde'' (Edge Music, 2004) *

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, '' Dreamland'' (Edsel, 1993) *

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, '' Horses & Trees'' (Celluloid, 1986) * Zeca Baleiro, ''Cafe No Bule'' (Selo, 2015) *

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, '' Turn the World Around'' (CBS, 1977) * Walter Bishop Jr., '' Illumination'' (1977) * Luiz Bonfa, ''The New Face of Bonfa'' (RCA, 2003) * Safy Boutella, '' Mejnoun'' (Indigo, 1992) * Jonathan Butler, ''Head to Head'' (Mercury, 1993) * Vinicius Cantuaria, ''Tucuma'' (Verve, 1998) * Carminho, ''

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'' (Warner/Parlophone, 2014) * Baikida Carroll, '' Orange Fish Tears'' (Palm, 1974) *

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, '' Patrão'' (Milestone, 1981) * Jean-Roger Caussimon, ''Jean-Roger Caussimon'' (Saravah, 1974) *

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, ''

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'' (Philips, 1970) *

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, '' Love Scenes'' (550 Music/Epic, 1993) * Eduardo De Crescenzo, ''Cante Jondo'' (Ricordi, 1991) *

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, '' Irresistible Forces'' (MCA Impulse! 1987) * Joao Donato, ''Quem e Quem'' (Odeon, 1973) * Luiz Eca, ''La Nueva Onda De Brasil'' (Lazarus, 2004) * Pierre Favre, '' Singing Drums'' (ECM, 1984) * Cordel do Fogo Encantado, ''Cordel do Fogo Encantado'' (Rec-Beat, 2001) * Michael Franks, ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1983) * Chico Freeman, ''The Search'' (India Navigation, 1983) *

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, '' Love and Liberté'' (CBS/Sony, 1993) *

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, ''Whirlwind'' (Atlantic, 1989) *

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, ''Living Magic'' (CMP, 1991) * Jay Hoggard, ''Days Like These'' (Arista GRP, 1979) * Rolf Kuhn, ''The Day After'' (MPS, 1972) * Sergio Mendes, '' Brasil '88'' (RCA, 2002) * 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) *

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, ''Kafka'' (EMI, 1996) *

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, '' Naughty'' (Warner Bros., 1980) *

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, '' Now Appearing at Ole Miss'' (MCA, 1980) * B.B. King, ''King of the Blues'' (MCA, 1992) * Joachim Kuhn, ''Hip Elegy'' (MPS/BASF, 1976) * Jon Lucien, ''Romantico'' (Zemajo, 1980) *

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, ''Down by Law'' (Made to Measure/Crammed Discs, 1987) *

Lyle Mays Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awar ...

, ''

'' (Geffen, 1986) * Lloyd McNeill, ''Tori'' (Baobab, 1978) * Lloyd McNeill, ''Elegia'' (Baobab, 1980) *

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, '' Brasil '88'' (1986) *

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, '' Mais'' (EMI, 1991) * 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) *

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, '' Swiss Suite'' (Philips, 1972) * Os Mutantes, '' A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado'' (1970) * Penguin Cafe Orchestra, '' Union Cafe'' (Zopf, 1993) *

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, '' Comin' and Goin''' (Antilles, 1983) * Ivo Perelman, ''Man of the Forest'' (GM, 1994) *

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, ''Live at Montreux 72'' (Pierre Cardin/Disc'Az 1972) *

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, ''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) *

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, ''

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'' (Virgin, 1989) * Monica Salmaso, ''Trampolim'' (Discmedi Blau, 1998) *

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, '' Upfront'' (Elektra, 1992) * Masahiko Satoh, ''Randooga'' (Epic, 1990) * Zbigniew Seifert, ''Passion'' (Capitol, 1979) *

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, '' For Sure!'' (Columbia, 1980) * Woody Shaw, ''

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'' (Columbia, 1998) * Andy Sheppard, ''Inclassificable'' (Label Bleu, 1994) * Robertinho Silva, ''Robertinho Silva'' (Philips, 1981) *

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, '' Have You Seen Me Lately?'' (Arista, 1990) *

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, '' The Rhythm of the Saints'' (Warner Bros., 1990) * U. Srinivas, ''Dream'' (Real World/Virgin, 1995) *

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, ''

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'' (CMP, 1980) * Fredy Studer, ''Seven Songs'' (veraBra, 1991) *

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, '' World Gone Strange'' (Private Music, 1991) *

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, '' Little Creatures'' (Sire, 1985) * 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'' (GRP, 1993)

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External links

Nana Vasconcelos official website

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