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Nana Vasconcelos

Percussionist Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (Recife, Brazil 1944 – 2016), specialized in the berimbau throughout his musical life and appeared as a prolific sideman with celebrated jazz greats like Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek and Ralph Towner. His influential work with the Codona trio featuring Don Cherry and Collin Walcott and his longstanding duo with Egberto Gismonti are central to his oeuvre and demonstrate the percussionist’s unique sensibilities within varied formats and genres. 

Percussionist Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (Recife, Brazil 1944 – 2016), specialized in the berimbau throughout his musical life and appeared as a prolific sideman with celebrated jazz greats like Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek and Ralph Towner. His influential work with the Codona trio featuring Don Cherry and Collin Walcott and his longstanding duo with Egberto Gismonti are central to his oeuvre and demonstrate the percussionist’s unique sensibilities within varied formats and genres. 

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