Viva Naná

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THE SCIENCE OF RHYTHM AT THE SERVICE OF THE SONG OF THE WORLD: A VIBRANT AND SPIRITUAL TRIBUTE TO THE BRAZILIAN PERCUSSIONIST NANÁ VASCONCELOS BY THE SOURCERS FRED SOUL AND ZÉ LUIS NASCIMENTO - - - - - Hailing from Recife, percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, who passed away in 2016, left an exceptional and graceful mark on the world of music; he collaborated with Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Don Cherry, Talking Heads, Arto Lindsay, Pierre Barouh, Pina Bausch, Art Blakey, Gato Barbieri, Pat Metheny, and Egberto Gismonti. - - Fred Soul and Zé Luis Nascimento are the chosen guests of the orchestra of sounds, of the magic of living and vibrant sound that Naná Vasconcelos loved, with its pathways, secret trails, and dazzling moments. - - These two inventive and free musicians pay tribute to this undisputed master of percussion who tirelessly drew from nature and the elements, the nutrients of music. - - As sourcers, Fred Soul and Zé Luis Nascimento explore, just as Naná Vasconcelos did over the years, the field of improvisation to bring forth what the mingled sounds reveal about the pulse of life for those who pay attention. Aeolus wraps, sings, and moans in the string of the berimbau; hands rumble thunder by 'batucando' the piano strings. From caxixis arises a rustling of branches, the splashing of water, the subtle clinking of seeds and fragments of shells responding to the strong melody of syncretism and multiple inspirations. - - Creators of musical and percussive bridges that span from Africa to Brazil, from Brazil to the West, Fred Soul and Zé Luis Nascimento draw from the sound ocean of Naná Vasconcelos an ever-renewed inspiration, like this 'wind calling the wind' whose origin and destination are unknown but carries within it an ancestral memory of the song of the World that never ends.