Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian 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, Björk, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri, and Milton Nascimento.
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Egberto Gismonti
Brazilian musician and composer
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Trilok Gurtu
Indian musician
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Vinicius Cantuária
Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist
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Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
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Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Eivind Aarset
Norwegian guitarist
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Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
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Jean-Philippe Rykiel
French musician
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Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Jon Christensen
Norwegian jazz musician
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Badal Roy
musician
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Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
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Marilyn Mazur
Danish musician
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Toninho Horta
Brazilian musician
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Ralph Towner
American musician
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Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
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Dave Taylor
American musician
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Joyce Moreno
Singer-songwriter - Bossa Nova
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Andy Sheppard
English musician
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Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
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Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
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Dave Holland
British musician
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João Donato
Brazilian musician
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Mitchel Forman
American pianist
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Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Peter Erskine
American musician
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Billy Kilson
American musician
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Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
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David Hungate
American musician
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Mike Richmond
American musician
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Glen Velez
American musician
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André Ceccarelli
French musician
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Henry Lowther
British musician
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Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
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Richard Galliano
French musician
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Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
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Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Michel Portal
French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Tom Malone
American musician
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John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Armando Marçal
Brazilian jazz musician
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Yukihiro Takahashi
Japanese singer-songwriter, drummer, lyricist, composer, arranger, music producer, fashion designer, writer (1952-)
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Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer
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Stan Sulzmann
British musician
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Bugge Wesseltoft
Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer
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Café
musician
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Jon Hassell
American trumpeter
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Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
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Paolo Vinaccia
Italian musician
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Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
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Roberto Gatto
Italian musician
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Manfred Eicher
German record producer
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William Winant
American percussionist
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Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Bob Moses
American musician
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Larry Grenadier
American bassist
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Manu Katché
French musician
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Eric Gale
American musician
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Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
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Dom Um Romão
Brazilian jazz drummer, percussionist
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Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Yellowjackets
American jazz fusion band