Saudades (Naná Vasconcelos album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Saudades
| type = Album
| artist = Naná Vasconcelos
| cover = Saudades (Nana Vasconcelos album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = March 1979
| venue =
| studio = Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:13
| label = ECM 1147
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Naná Vasconcelos
| prev_title = Africadeus
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Zumbi
| next_year = 1983
}}
Saudades (Portuguese: "The Blues") is an album by Brazilian jazz percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM the following year. The ensemble features guitarist Egberto Gismonti backed by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mladen Gutesha.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1147.php? ECM discography] accessed September 14, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by John Storm Roberts awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "This 1979 recording is probably Afro-experimentalist Vasconcelos' finest. It presents his various facets—berimbao playing, intricate overlain vocals, fine percussion, even gorgeous guitar—simply and almost overwhelmingly. This is one of those performances that remind one to never let natural dogmatism get too out of hand."Roberts, J. S.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/saudades-r101886 Allmusic Review] accessed September 14, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
Track listing
:All compositions by Naná Vasconcelos except as indicated
- "O Berimbau" - 18:58
- "Vozes (Saudades)" - 3:14
- "Ondas (No ólhos de Petronila)" - 7:53
- "Cego aderaldo" (Egberto Gismonti) - 10:32
- "Dado" - 3:36
Personnel
- Naná Vasconcelos – berimbau, percussion, gongs, voice
- Egberto Gismonti – guitar
- Mladen Gutesha – conductor
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
References
{{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Naná Vasconcelos albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
{{Brazil-album-stub}}