Nação Nordestina is the fifteenth studio album and first
double album
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by
Brazil
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ian solo artist
Zé Ramalho
Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and A ...
. It was released in 2000. The cover art of the album is clearly based on
The Beatles
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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''. It is a concept album which tells the history of a traveller exploring the
Northeastern Brazil
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Texts about the album at Ramalho's official website
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Track listing
Personnel
* Zé Ramalho – Arrangement
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on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 viola
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on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 lead vocals
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on all tracks except for 11, acoustic guitar
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on track 3, ponteios on track 11
* Elba Ramalho
Elba Ramalho (; born August 17, 1951) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Nineteen-times Brazilian Music Awards winner, she is sometimes called "The Queen of Forró".
In addition to her successful solo career, Elba has collaborated with a num ...
– Lead vocals on track 13
* Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo Cady (; Dias de Sangalo; born 27 May 1972) is a Brazilian singer, actress, and television personality. Referred to as the "Queen of Brazil", her contributions to music have made her one of the most celebrated entert ...
– Lead vocals on track 15
* Fagner – Lead vocals on track 16
* Flávio José
Flávio José (born Flávio José Marcelino Remígio in Monteiro) is a Brazilian composer and singer.
Discography
Studio albums
* 1977 - Só Confio em Tu
* 1994 - Nordestino Lutador
* 1995 - Tareco e Mariola
* 1996 - O Melhor de Flávio José ...
– Lead vocals on track 17
* Cascabulho – Lead vocals on track 18
* Silvério Pessoa – Lead vocals on track 18
* Naná Vasconcelos
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 wi ...
– Lead vocals on track 1, calabash
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on track 11, percussion
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on track 12
* Rick Ferreira – Electric guitar
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on track 8
* Pepeu Gomes
Pedro Anibal de Oliveira Gomes, better known as Pepeu Gomes (born February 7, 1952, in Salvador, Bahia state) is an accomplished Brazilian guitar player, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was one of the members of Novos Baianos.
Pepeu has a ...
– electric guitar on track 16
* Chico Guedes – Bass guitar
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on tracks 4, 8, 17
* Artur Maia – Bass guitar on tracks 6, 9, 10, 15
* Jamil Joanes – Bass guitar on track 16, 20
* Cláudio Ribeiro – Bass guitar on track 18
* Mingo Araújo – Percussion on track 4, 16
* João Firmino – Percussion on track 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, triangle
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on track 11
* Zé Gomes – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20 pandeiro
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The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (''platinelas' ...
on track 11
* Zé Leal – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20
* Duane – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20 zabumba
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The zabumba generally ranges in diameter from 16 to 22 inches, and is 5 to 8 inches tall. The shell is mad ...
on track 11
* Kleber Magrão – Triangle on track 18
* Marcos Lopes – Agogô
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bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba and Edo music and also in the samba '' baterias'' (percussion ensembles). The agogô may be the olde ...
on track 18
* Wilson Farias – Pandeiro and ilú on track 18
* Jorge Martins – Zabumba and ilú on track 18
* César Micheles – Flute
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on tracks 9, 13, saxophone
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on track 13, fifes on track 17
* Zé da Flauta – Flute on track 18
* Marcos Moleta – Rebec
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on track 10
* Hermeto Pascoal
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– Melodica
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on track 11
* Lito Viana – Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho (pronounced in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings.
A cavaquinho player is called a ''cavaquista''.
Tuning
A common tuning in Portugal is C G& ...
on track 18
* Dominguinhos – Accordion
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on tracks 4, 8, 14
* Waldonys – Accordion on tracks 5, 7, 12, 15, 16, 20
* Silveirinha – Accordion on track 18, choir
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on track 10
* Luiz Antônio – Arrangement on tracks 1, 8, 19 keyboard
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* Mus ...
on tracks 1, 6, 19, bass guitar on tracks 12, 14
* Dodô de Moraes – Arrangement on track 1
* Robertinho de Recife – Arrangement on tracks 3, 12, 13, 16, sampler on track 3, electric guitar on tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 20 vocalise on track 7, charango
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on track 7, sitar
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on track 13, on berimbau
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It consists of a single-stringed bow attached to a gourd ...
on track 10, cavaquinho on track 14
* Armandinho – Baiana electric guitar on track 15
* Léo Ortiz – Violin
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on track 13
* Glauco Fernandes – Violin on track 13
* Luiz Fernando Zamith – Cello
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on track 13
* Nayran Pessanha – Viola
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on track 13
* Dênis Ferreira – Choir on track 10
* Eduardo Krieger – Choir on track 10
* Fábio Luna – Choir on track 10
* Fabrício Signorelli – Choir on track 10
* Lucas Amorim – Choir on track 10
* Roberta de Recife – Choir on track 10
* Adriana B.B. – Choir on track 10
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nacao Nordestina
2000 albums
Zé Ramalho albums
2000s concept albums