Nana Vasconcelos

Saudades (Luminessence Series) (ECM 1147 LP)

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2022

Saudades (Luminessence Series)

Nana Vasconcelos

ECM

602445053414

LPS 171790

ECM 1147 LP

JAZZ

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LP 29,98 €

180 gram gatefold edition

Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos’s Saudades album, recorded in March 1979, was the culmination of a dream for a musician who had long yearned to hear the berimbau in an orchestral context. This ‘concerto’ for an innovative player of a traditional instrument was made possible with the creative input of Egberto Gismonti, here the arranger of the material for strings, as well as co-composer and supporting soloist.

The Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart was conducted by Mladen Gutesha (who had worked with ECM previously on trans-idiomatic projects with Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal). Produced by Manfred Eicher, Saudades remains an extraordinary journey, an ahead-of-its-time album, waiting for the world to catch up. This vinyl reissue, in gatefold sleeve, adds new liner notes providing historical context and background information.

PERSONNEL:

  • Nana Vasconcelos - (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs)
  • Egberto Gismonti - (super 8-String guitar)
  • Members of the RSO Stuttgart Orchestra
  • Mladen Gutesha - (conductor)

Recorded March 1979, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

TRACKS:

  • SIDE A
  • A1. O Berimbau
  • A2. Vozes (Saudades)
  • SIDE B
  • B1. Ondas (Na Óhlos De Petronila)
  • B2. Cego Aderaldo
  • B3. Dado