{"product_id":"nana-vasconceloss-saudades-9781501345715","title":"Nana Vasconceloss Saudades","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Afro-Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos stitches together histories of 1960s-1980s jazz, psychedelia, world music, experimentalism and post-punk. Based in Recife, Rio de Janeiro, New York City and Paris, Naná played with musicians as varied as Egberto Gismonti, Don Cherry, Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner, Arto Lindsay, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, Paul Simon, Jon Hassell, Brian Eno, Os Mutantes, and Milton Nascimento.This book traces the 15 years (1964-1979) leading up to Naná''s \u003ci\u003eSaudades\u003c\/i\u003e (1979, ECM), an album evoking his sonic memories of Brazil that he recorded while in Germany. \u003ci\u003eSaudades \u003c\/i\u003efeatures berimbau, a one-stringed instrument that looks like a bow and arrow, alongside onomatopoetic vocals and the strings of the Radio Symphony Stuttgart. Daniel B. Sharp hears Naná''s playing as a counterargument against dishonest notions of the primitive just as world music emerged as a genre. With a gourd, a stick, a wire, a wicker basket, and a stone, Naná made mu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe structure of this well-documented work is as rigorous as it is thoughtful and provocative. … Sharp choreographs and curates with thematic balance and stylistic creativity throughout the pages of his highly readable volume. -- Steven F. Butterman, University of Miami * Latin American Music Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFigures\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction  1. Naná in Recife, from Bossa to Tropicália  2. Counterculture and Dictatorship in Rio de Janeiro  3. The Enchanting and Revolutionary Berimbau: Naná and Glauber Rocha in New York City  4. Naná and Don Cherry: In Tune with Time  Interlude: ECM Records  Interlude: Creative Music Studio (CMS): The Unmusic School  5. Naná and Egberto  6. Utopia, Caricature, Satire, and Therapy: Naná in France  Interlude: Naná’s place within the \u003ci\u003eFourth World\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Race, Primitivism, and Counterculture  8. Voice, Body, Rhythm, and Special Effects  9. Saudades and Saudades  \u003ci\u003eEpilogue: After \u003c\/i\u003eSaudades  \u003ci\u003eList of Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019957961047,"sku":"9781501345715","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501345715.jpg?v=1750781881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nana-vasconceloss-saudades-9781501345715","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}