Naná Vasconcelos

percussion, berimbau, vocal, congas, talking drum, drums, shakers, body percussion, arranger, ghatam, handclaps, cuíca, conductor, shekere, udu, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, triangle, bells, cowbell, caxixi

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Jan Garbarek
Eliane Elias
Jim Pepper
Sax Man Brown
Pat Metheny

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Peter Scherer instrument arranger, keyboard, sampler, strings Curtain / Cortina
Romero Lubambo cavaquinho, guitar Clementina (No Terreiro), Forró Para Antero
Rogerio bass Forró Para Antero, Landscape of Memory
Matthias Gohl arranger, keyboard Fui Fuio (Na Praça), Night of Stars / Noite das Estrelas
Cidinho accordion Forró Para Antero, Landscape of Memory
Jim Cruz flute Marimbariboba
Cyro Baptista performer Forró Para Antero
Egberto Gismonti strings Vozes
Pamela Driggs vocal Forró Para Antero
Sergio Brandao cavaquinho Clementina (No Terreiro)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Jan Garbarek vocal, percussion, talking drum Brother Wind, Buena Hora, Buenos Vientos, Gula Gula, He Comes From the North, His Eyes Were Suns, I Took Up the Runes, Lillekort, Molde Canticle Part 1, Molde Canticle Part 2, Molde Canticle Part 3, Molde Canticle Part 4, Molde Canticle Part 5, Rahkki Sruvvis, Send Word, Tongue of Secrets, Voy Cantando
Eliane Elias percussion Angela, Bahia (Na Baixa do Sapateiro), Children's Games, Desafinado, Dindi, Don't Ever Go Away, Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce), Ivan Lins Medley: Coragem Mulher / Choro das Aguas / Doce Presenca / Coragem Mulher, Milton Nascimento Medley: Ponta de Areia / Cancao do Sal (Salt Song) / Cravo e Canela (Clove and Cin), One Note Samba, Passarim, Sabia, The Girl From Ipanema, Waters of March-Aqua de Beber, Zingaro
Jim Pepper vocal, percussion Comin' and Goin', Custer Gets It, Goin' Down to Muskogee, Lakota Song, Malinyea, Squaw Song, Water, Witchi Tai To, Ya Na Ho
Sax Man Brown percussion Hush Hush, Is Everything Alright Up There?, Ocean View, RCA, Sharp Practice, Ships in the Night, Slow Boat, Too Close to the Flame, Where We Going?
Pat Metheny vocal, percussion Above the Treetops, Antonia, As a Flower Blossoms (I am Running to You), Finding and Believing, The Longest Summer, The Truth Will Always Be, Understanding
Paul Simon vocal Can’t Run But, Further to Fly, Spirit Voices, The Coast, The Cool, Cool River, The Rhythm of the Saints
Gato Barbieri berimbau, congas Bahia, Carnavalito, El arriero, El día que me quieras, Falsa Bahiana, Tupac Amaru
Jon Hassell bells, congas, shakers, talking drum Caracas Night September 11, 1975, Hex, Toucan Ocean, Vernal Equinox, Viva Shona
Jay Hoggard percussion Brown Lady With the Golden Braids, Days Like These, Samba Pa Negra, Takin' It to the Streets, West End Dancer
Purosurpo vocal, berimbau, drums, percussion "It's For You", As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, Estupenda Graça, Ozark, September Fifteenth (Dedicated to Bill Evans)
Collin Walcott berimbau, cuíca, percussion Codona, Hey Da Ba Doom, Like That of Sky, Travel by Night
Arto Lindsay cymbals, percussion Child Prodigy, Esta Seu Ohlar, No Meu Soutague, Sovereign
Fritz Fuller congas, drums, ghatam Ba-Benzélé, Charm (Over “Burundi Cloud”), Chemistry, Delta Rain Dream
Peter Scherer percussion Camera X, Reaper
Woody Shaw percussion Isabel, the Liberator, Time Is Right, Why?
Michael Franks caxixi, percussion, tambourine Amazon, Tell Me All About It
Aquilo Del Nisso body percussion, percussion O canto da ema, O ciúme
Ginger Baker vocal Makuta, Satou
Ron Carter percussion Ah, Rio, Third Plane
Steve Swindelli drums Bruxaria
日野皓正 vocal, cowbell, cuíca, handclaps Samba De-La Cruz
Mark Helias vocal, percussion Greetings From L.C.
坂本龍一 percussion Rose
Joshua Yudkin vocal, drums, shekere, snare drum, triangle, udu Luz de Candeeiro
Elbe Häkkinen vocal, handclaps Pretty Ugly
Danny Gottlieb percussion Just Passing By