Brazilian percussionist nana vasconcelos recorded with everyone from milton nascimento, chaka khan and blondie to jazz trumpeter don cherry, paul simon and the talking heads not to mention his own. Explore releases from the antilles new directions label. This newest recording, chegada features nana away from the ubiquitous ecm sterotype and a return with a solid group sound, blending ritmos, improvisation, and a strong sense of brasilian folcloric sounds. Nana vasconcelos discography brazilian music guide. The very definition of noodly, this disc is sort of a softer, quieter extension of the free jazz of the 1960s flashy in parts but not terribly. Nana vasconcelos rain dance wasnt released on any formative label like ecm, or released with any audacious artist like milton nascimento, don cherry, pat metheny, joyce or the countless other greats hes worked with. He worked over the decades with wellknown musicians such as milton nascimento vasconcelos died of lung cancer on wednesday. Nana vasconcelos bush dance 1986 full album youtube. Antilles records was a record label founded as a division of island records. It was the first to introduce the slits and nick drake to american audiences. No, rain dance was released on some obscure island records subprint called antilles new directions, becoming one of the. In the late 1980s, he ventured into funk with his band bush dance. Nanas path has crossed with joe daviss far out recordings, when joe himself rescued and set free the stunning and previously unreleased first part of a trilogy project visions of dawn, an acidfolk album recorded in paris in 1976 by three brazilian music legends, nana vasconcelos percussion, mauricio maestro bass, vocals, guitar.
Durium ndcd204 i 1985 nana vasconcelosantonello salis. One of its founders was jeff walker, an employee at island. Nana vasconcelos, a brazilian percussionist whose stylistic daring and freewheeling. Posted on jan 20, 2012 in sideman 2 comments recorded january 2011 in sao paolo ya 2. This is one of those performances that remind one to never let natural. It presents his various facets berimbao playing, intricate overlain vocals, fine percussion, even gorgeous guitar simply and almost overwhelmingly. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Acclaimed brazilian percussionist nana vasconcelos has died at age 71. Bush dance cd 1987 antilles ccd 8701 rain dance cd 1989 antilles 7 910702 ancd 8741. Uptodate information on coronavirus is available for free. Nana vasconcelos list of issued records compiled by johann haidenbauer. Cd, album antilles new directions, antilles new directions.
He is known for his work on quase dois irmaos 2004, down by law 1986 and. A live performance from nana, whether with group or, more impressive, solo is a thing to see and hear. Afterwards, the albums bush dance and rain dance came along, bringing to. Kozmigroov albums africadeus saravah, 1972 cd zumbi europa, 1983 recorded in 1972 amazonas phonogram, 1973 add your comments name.
Nana vasconcelos and the bushdancers rain dance island, 1989. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at last. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Sad to find out on the verge of 2020 the inventive percussionist nana vasconcelos had passed in 2016. Nana vasconcelosmauricio maestro upside down far out, 2011. Beginning from 1967 he joined many artists works as a percussionist. Free to dance cd 1978 black saint 1200232 sergio mendes brasil 88 cd 1978 elektra 6e4 pat metheny. Nana vasconcelos bush dance full album free music streaming. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for antilles new directions releases.
Vasconcelos was awarded the best percussionist of the year by the down beat critics poll for. Among his many collaborations, he contributed to four jon hassell albums from 1976 to 1980 including possible musics by brian eno and hassell, and later to several pat metheny group works and jan garbarek concerts from early 1980s to early 1990s. Batalha do nego santo nana vasconcelos 1997 fragments. My 1st intro to the maestro of the one string brazilian berimbau was in 1984 on the pat metheny.
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