Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos performing in Brazil, 2005
Background information
Birth nameJuvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos
Born(1944-08-02)2 August 1944
Recife, Brazil
Died9 March 2016(2016-03-09) (aged 71)
Recife, Brazil
GenresBrazilian, jazz, world
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Percussion, berimbau, vocals
Years active1973–2016

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 with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri, and Milton Nascimento.

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