Brazilian percussionist from Recife, master of the berimbau, member of the Codona trio and collaborator with American jazz musicians.

Described in the reviews as transplanted to New York; known for maracatu leadership and direction (Marco Zero opening), for use of berimbau, congas, caxixis, maracas, moringas and the talking drum; voice used as a percussive instrument. Participated in soundtrack work and short-film music (Fragmentos).

Reviews describe Naná Vasconcelos as a Recife-born percussionist and berimbau master, blending Amazonian sounds, maracatu and vocal percussion. One review focuses on the Fragmentos album (soundtracks and short pieces), the other on a large-scale maracatu performance in Recife. Overall reception in these reviews is appreciative but reserved (ratings 3/5).

For:Fans of world music, jazz-influenced percussion, Brazilian traditional rhythms and live-performance ethnographic listeners.

 Modern traditions, sound fragments, voices and percussion of the man and his land, from the humid Amazonian forest to the dry "sertão" of the northeast.

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 I’ve been eager to see this spectacle for a few years now, both because I'm an admirer of Naná Vasconcelos and because I was curious to hear the power of six hundred "alfaia."

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