Nana Vasconcelos '4 Elementos'

"The doctor" - Pat Metheny "Wizard of sound" Eduardo Tristao (O Estado de Minas) "An acrobat without safety net...Nana transforms daily life objects in sources of organic sounds" Tárik de Souza (Bravo!) "Heady, exhilarating, unpredictable music" Jon Pareles (The NY Times) on Nana's 1987 gig. "..an innovator in the fusion of Brazilian rhythms and jazz" All About Jazz "4 Elementos is cyclic. It's the translation of a musician who was born in Brazil, but lived in the world, an artist that is from America, Europe but mostly from Africa." -- Mateus Araujo (Jornal do Commercio) "4 Elementos" or "Four Elements" is a gem that comes as a follow up to Naná‟s incredible „Sinfonia & Batuques‟, winner of a Latin Grammy in 2011. This new offering reveals Brazil‟s most revered percussionist in his best form yet. Naná Vasconcelos creates and shapes sounds and ideas in his original compositions, with inventive and provocative results. On „4 Elementos‟ the listener is invited to join Vasconcelos on a deep and emotional musical journey. The album is released and sponsored by the Government of Pernambuco, through Funcultura, with the executive production of Isa Melo from Coco Produções in partnership with Morenaná Produções Artísticas and Far Out Recordings. The head of Far Out Record's Joe Davis' first met Naná when Joe rescued and reissued the stunning and previously unreleased first part of a trilogy project 'Visions of Dawn', an acid-folk album recorded in Paris in 1976 by three Brazilian music legends, Naná Vasconcelos (percussion), Mauricio Maestro (bass, vocals, guitar and producer) and Joyce (vocals). Following this incredible discovery, Joe was determined to bring Naná's music to a much broader audience and recorded a follow up CD with Mauricio and Nana entitled Upside Down. With 4 Elementos, this successful partnership is revived, much to the delight of listeners and lovers of Brazilian music all over the world. Naná has previously played with artist such as Milton Nascimento, Pat Metheny, Joachim Khan, Joyce Moreno, Ron Carter, Don Cherry, Melvin Gibbs, Jack DeJohnette and many more. This is Naná Vasconcelos‟s first ever UK release.