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Also known as Nana Vasconcelos, Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1944-08-02
Active to
2016-03-09
jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24,908
Total plays
181,625

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Naná Vasconcelos (August 2, 1944 – March 9, 2016) was a Brazilian Latin jazz 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, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri and Milton Nascimento. Vasconcelos was born in Recife, Brazil. Beginning from 1967 he joined many artists' works as a percussionist. Among his many collaborations, he contributed <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nan%C3%A1+V

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Brazil
Place of birth
Recife
Place of death
Recife
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Genre
jazz
Instrument
berimbau
Image
Naná Vasconcelos.jpg
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Commons category
Naná Vasconcelos
date of birth
1944-08-02
cause of death
lung cancer
date of death
2016-03-09
manner of death
natural causes
pseudonym
Naná
start of work period
1973-00-00
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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Naná Vasconcelos, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana