Codona - Live in Hamburg (1978)

Don Cherry - trumpet, flutes, douss’n-gouni
Colin Walcott - percussion and sitar
Nana Vasconcelos - percussion and vocals

01 Like That of Sky
02 Codona Moondog
03 New Light (Relativity suite)
04 Mumakata / Africadeus
05 Race Face (Colemanwonder)
06 Mumakata (Oni Papa)

Hamburg, Germany, 13 September 1978, Funkhaus des NDR
Photo cover by my disappearead friend Mel from the sea of England.
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Codona - Estival Jazz (1978)

Collin Walcott, sitar, percussion, tablas
Don Cherry, pocket trumpet, reeds, vocals
Nana Vasconcelos, berimbau, drums, percussion

01 Like that of sky
02 Improvisation I
03 Improvisation II
04 Mumakata
05 Vocalese I & II

Registrato dal vivo a Trevano, Switzerland, Aula Magna della Scuola Tecnica Superiore, l'8 settembre 1978

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Jan Garbarek Group - Nightstage (1987)

Jan Garbarek, saxophones, flutes
Eberhard Weber, bass
Lars Jansson, keyboards
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion

01 1st Piece
02 A.I.R. - Titel (Bass Solo)
03 The Last Stage Of A Long Journey
04 Tongue Of Secrets
05 Hasta Siempre
06 The Crossing Place
07 5th Piece
08 Gesture / Vozes (Percussion Solo)
09 Paper Nut

Nightstage, Cambridge, MA, September 22, 1987

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Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition - Atina Jazz Festival 1987

 

Jack DeJohnette, drums & keyboards
Mick Goodrick, electric guitar
Gary Thomas, tenor saxophone & flute
Greg Osby, alto & soprano sax
Lonnie Plaxico, acoustic & electrc bass

Nana Vasconcelos, percussion, instruments, vocals

01 Introduction
02 Third World Anthem
03 Preludio pra Nana
04 Milton
05 Saudades
06 Silver Hollow

Registrato ad Atina (Italia) il 20 luglio 1987
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre nel novembre 1987.

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Jan Garbarek Group - Propstei Sankt Gerold aka Live in Austria (1988)

 

Eberhard Weber, bass
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion, berimbau, vocals
Rainer Brüninghaus, keyboards
Jan Garbarek, saxophones, flutes

01 - Tongue Of Secrets 4:46 (named "Mekka" by the announcer)
02 - Send Word > Percussion Solo 10:23
03 - The Path 5:38
04 - Hasta Siempre 9:33
05 - Second Piece 4:24
06 - Fifth Piece > Bass Solo 9:44
07 - Gesture > Vozes 9:47
08 - Dansere 10:09
09 - Conversation 6:28
10 - O Berimbau 3:18
11 - Weaving A Garland > He Comes From The North > Bass Solo 11:22
12 - The Last Stage Of A Long Journey 6:31
13 - Paper Nut 5:25 (applause fade out)
14 - Percussion Intro > The Crossing Place

Probstei St. Gerold, Grosses Walsertal, St.Gerold, Austria, 1988-06-03

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Jan Garbarek, Ralph Towner, John Abercrombie, Nana Vasconcelos - Live in Hamburg (1978)

Jan Garbarek - saxophones
John Abercrombie - electric guitar
Nana Vasconcelos - drums, percussion
Ralph Towner - acoustic & classical guitars

1st Set
01 Spanish Samba
02 Timeless
03 Flute Solo
04 Duo for Flute and Percussion
05 Parable
06 Viddene
07 Nimbus
08 Krusning

2nd Set
01 Waterwheel
02 Backward Glance
03 Ralph's Guitar Solo
04 Entering
05 Telegram

NDR Jazz Workshop n. 134, Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg, april 11, 1978
NDR Jazz Workshop n. 134, Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg, april 11, 1978
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Jan Garbarek Group - Gesture (1987)

 

Jan Garbarek - soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
Lars Jansson - keyboards
Eberhard Weber - bass
Nana Vasconcelos - percussion, berimbau, voice

01 All Those Born with Wings - 1st Piece
02 A.I.R.
03 The Companion
04 The Last Stage of a Long Journey
05 Vegen 'Til Mekka
07 Hasta siempre
08 The Crossing Place
09 All Those Born with Wings - 2nd Piece
10 All Those Born with Wings - 4th Piece
11 All Those Born with Wings - 5th Piece
12 Gesture
13 Dansere
14 Paper Nut
15 Mission To Be where I Am

Recorded live Logan Hall, London, 1987-02-04
BBC Radio 3 FM

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Jan Garbarek Group - Rumori mediterranei (1987)

 

Jan Garbarek, flutes, saxophones
Eberhard Weber, bass
Lars Jansson, keyboards
Nana Vasconcelos, vocals, percussion, berimbau

01 1st piece
02 A.I.R.
03 The last stage of a long journey
04 Hasta siempre
05 The crossing place
06 5th piece
07 Dansere
08 Gesture
09 Paper nut

Registrato a Roccella Jonica il 25 agosto 1987
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre

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Unlimited ambient (1997)

1. Brian Eno, Jah Wobble / Like Organza
2. Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz, Jessica Karraker / Interlude 1
3. Brian Eno, John Cale / Cordoba
4. Roedelius / Gut So
5. Alesini, Andreoni, Harold Budd / The Valley Of Pamir
6. Arturo Stalteri / Roman Twilight
7. Harmonia Ensemble / Accordeon Music
8. Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz, Jessica Karraker / Beyond This Veil Of Crystal Rai
9. Pier Luigi Andreoni / Il Libro dell'Incessante Accordo con il Cielo
10. Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz, Jessica Karraker / Interlude 6
11. Harmonia Ensemble / The Perfumed Garden
12. Nicola Alesini, Roger Eno, David Torn / Marco Polo
13. Roedelius / Leicht Gemacht
14. Jon Hassell / Passaggio A Nord-Ovest
15. Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz, Jessica Karraker / Begin Then Not Now (Reprise) 1.
16. Brian Eno / Neroli

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Jan Garbarek Group - Reggio Emilia Jazz Festival (1988)

 

Jan Garbarek saxophones
Eberhard Weber bass
Nana Vasconcelos percussion
Rainer Brüninghaus: keyboards

01 Weaving a Garland
02 Bass Solo
03 He Comes from the North
04 Mission To Be where I Am
05 2nd piece

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Pat Metheny Group - Down in Texas (1981)

 

Pat Metheny: guitars
Lyle Mays: piano, keyboards
Steve Rodby: bass
Dan Gottlieb: drums
Nana Vasconcelos: percussion, berimbau, vocals

1. Phase Dance
2. Better Days Ahead
3. The Windup
4. James
5. Offramp
6. It's For You
7. The Bat Part ll
8. Ozark
9. Turnaround
10. Goin' Ahead
11. As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
12. Jaco
13. Untitled
14. Au Lait
15. San Lorenzo
16. (Cross The) Heartland
17. American Garage

Recorded Live in Austin, Texas, 1981

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Bob Moses - When elephants dream of music (1983)

featuring Ayieb Dieng, Barry Rogers, Bemshi Shearer, Bill Frisell, Bob Weiner, Chris Rogers, David Friedman, David Gross, Doc Halliday, Howard Johnson, Jahnet Levatin, Jeanne Lee, Jeremy Steig, Jim Pepper, Joe Boandio, Lyle Mays, Marion Cowings, Michael Formanek, Nana Vasconcelos, Paul Socolow, Paula Potocki, Rahboat Ntumba Moses, Sheila Jordan, Steve Swallow, Terumasa Hino, Toni Wilson

01 Trevor

02 Piccolo and Lulu
03 Everybody Knows You When You're up and In
04 Lava Flow
05 Happy to Be Here Today
06 For Miles
07 Embraceable Jew
08 Bugs Bunny
09 Black Orchid
10 Disappearing Blues
11 Ripped Van Twinkle
12 Blame It on the Egg

13 The River

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Pat Metheny Group - Live in Mesa (1982)

Pat Metheny - guitars, guitar synths
Lyle Mays - piano, synthesizers
Steve Rodby - bass
Danny Gottlieb - drums
Nana Vasconcelos- percussion, berimbau, vocals

The Pat Metheny Group, which has always been a collaborative between the popular jazz guitarist and his keyboard player, Lyle Mays, enjoyed its most widespread commercial success during their early period, when this live recording was made in 1982. The group was firmly at the #1 spot on the jazz charts with Offramp, its third release on the German-based ECM Records. The record ended up being so popular that it even crossed over on to the Top 50 pop chart, and won Metheny his second Grammy for Best Jazz Fusion Recording.

His previous LP, American Garage, released in 1980, would firmly establish Metheny as a jazz crossover superstar, and allow him the popularity to elevate the group from traditional jazz clubs to small theaters and performing arts centers. Offramp climbed to an even wider mainstream appeal, clearly evident on this superb live recording. Sonically, the presentation is near flawless, with a crisp and well mixed distribution of the entire band. Since vocals are a rarity at Metheny shows, the engineer was able to focus on the musicianship that was continually blasting off to newer and more stratospheric heights.

Many of the best loved Metheny gems are here, and this show was the basis of a double live album (Travels), which was cut from his dates played this '82 tour and released the following year. Travels would also reach #1 on the jazz charts, but fail to make the same impact as the previous LPs on the crossover effect to the pop and adult charts.

The recording opens with "Phase Dance," one of the earliest of the Metheny / May songwriting collaborations. They next do a spectacular remake of Ornette Coleman's "Broadway Blues," before slowing down for "James," which Metheny says was written for and dedicated to singer/songwriter James Taylor. Most of the show is an on-going exercise in showcasing the magnificent players in the Metheny band. "Offramp," "Are You Going With Me?," "The Bat," and the various improvisational guitar, keyboard, and bass solos might get tedious if you're not a Metheny or jazz fan, but if you happen to be either one of those, they will be a welcomed part of the listening experience. The band closes with two great up-tempo Metheny classics: “(Cross The) Heartland," and the aforementioned, "American Garage."

01 Phase Dance
02 Broadway Blues
03 James
04 Offramp
05 ''It's For You''
06 Are you going with me
07 The Bat Part II
08 Berimbau Solo
09 Ozark
10 Kc Blues (More Kansas City)
11 Goin' Ahead
12 (Close To Home) Mars
13 Jaco
14 Band Intros
15 Song for Bilbao
16 (Cross The) Heartland - American Garage

Pat Metheny Group - Offramp Live At The Mesa Centennial Hall, Az 26 Jul ‘82 (Remastered)
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Nana Vasconcelos & Andy Sheppard - Reggio Emilia Jazz Festival 1990

Andy Sheppard, saxophones
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion, vocals, berimbau
Ernest Resinger, cello
Horphy Robinson, vibraphone

01 First
02 Second
03 Third

Recorded live in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 5, 1990
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre l'8 dicembre 1990
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Nana Vasconcelos - Storytelling (1995)

Teese Gohl, keyboards
Peter Scherer, keyboards, string arrangements, sampler
Romero Lubambo, cavaquinho
Sergio Brandao, cavaquinho
Nana Vasconcelos, voice, percussion

1. Cortina
2. Fui Fuio (Na praça)
3. Uma tarde no norte
4. Um dia no Amazonas
5. Clementina (No terreiro)
6. Vento chamando vento
7. Tu nem quer saber
8. Nordeste
9. Tiroleo
10. Noite das estrelas

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Nana Vasconcelos & Antonello Salis - Lester (1987)

Antonello Salis - vocals, bandoneon, piano
Nana Vasconcelos - percussion, vocals

01 Trayra Boia
02 Sogni Caraibici (Caribbean Dreams)
03 Lester
04 Rameverde
05 Verderame
06 Sunny Island
07 Ondas (Na Ohios De Petronila)

Milano, November 9 & 10, 1985.
Produced by Giovanni Bonandrini
1987, Soul Note
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Don Cherry - Multikukti (1990)

Don Cherry pocket trumpet, synthesizers, norwegian birchwood flute, doussn'gouni, pods,
Anthony Hamilton, A Watts Prophet voice,
John L.Price drum programming,
Mark Loudon Sims bass;

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Allen Ginsberg, Bill Ortiz, Bob Stewart, Carlos Ward, Claudia Engelhart, Deszone Claiborne, Ed Blackwell, Frank Ekeh, Ingrid Sertso, James Harvey, Jeff Cressman, Jessica Jones, Joshua Jones, Karen Knight, Karl Berger, Nana Vasconcelos, Peck Allmond, Peter Apfelbaum, Robert "Buddha" Huffman, Stan Franks, The Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Toni Jones, Will Bernard.


1. Trumpet
2. Multikulti Soothsayer
3. Flute
4. Birdboy
5. Melodica
6. Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo
7. Pettiford Bridge (Ward)
8. Piano-Trumpet
9. Until The Rain Comes (Apfelbaum)
10. Divinity-Tree (Apfelbaum)
11. Rhumba Multikulti (Cherry, Huffman, Jones)
12. Multikulti Soothsayer Player

Hollywood, California, December 27, 1988, New York City, January 20, 1990 / Santa Monica, California, February 23, 1990.
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