O Berimbau

Naná Vasconcelos · 1980 · Pièce de près de 19 minutes, ECM

Context

"O Berimbau" opens the album Saudades by Naná Vasconcelos, released on ECM in 1980. Recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg, the piece lasts nearly nineteen minutes.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Brazilian instrumental music, ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of Brazilian instrumental music: Bossa nova, jazz samba, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

Sources

• EN: Saudades (Naná Vasconcelos album)

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