VASCONCELOS - JAYADEVA - CONSOLMAGNO BIOGRAPHY
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NANA VASCONCELOS
Nana Vasconcelos, was born in the city of Recife in 1994 - Pernambuco - Brazil and after two decades playng throught the world, the sources of his carth are presents in everything he does. He started playing when he has twelve years old with his father in a little martial in Recife. Endowed with an intense curiosity which allowed him to go from Vila-Lobos - brazilian erudite composer - up to the american rocker Jimy Hendrix, he specialized himself in Berimbau instrument and he uses such instrument in a personal way, being recognized as one of the best players. After playing in unimaginable contexts, Nana Vasconcelos moved to Rio de Janeiro city and began to work with one of the best and popular performer of the world, Milton Nascimento. In 1970 the argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri was at Rio de Janeiro city and invited him to join to his group. They played in New York and excursioned themselves throught european countries with great outstanding in the Monterux Festival - Switzerland - where the musician delighted the people and the midia. At the end of the tournee the percussionist made his abode at Pais - France - where he lived five years and where recorded his first album Africadeus ('71). The Nana Vasaconcelos came back to Brazil and recorded his second record Amazonas ('72). It was the beginning of a very well successful partnership with the pianist and composer Egberto Gismonti, whose duration was of eight years generating three albums, Dança das Cabeças, Sol do meio dia, Duas Vozes. Back to New York he formed the group Codona, with Don Cherry e Collin Walcott, recording also and doing tournee with Pat Metheny's guitarrist band. Working with artist of most various talents, Nana Vasconcelos recorded also among others, with B.B.King, with the french violinist Jean Luc Ponty and with the american rock group Talking Heads, leaded by David Byrne, Even so, with many recordings, the musician, at no time, became a "redtaper"of studio and his contributions for each project were, and are yet, special ones, surpassing any expectative. After ten years of being, toghether his tournee, enthusiastically welcomed by the people, he came back to Brazil in 1986. He continued with his collaborations and worked n the sound-tracks for the pictures. Cercasi Susanna disperatamente by Susan Seidelnam, starring by Rosana Arquete and Madonna, and Down by law of the renowed director Jim Jarmush, and Amazzonia by Mika Kaurismak. In the long run, the work of the musician, always showed an amplitude of his talent and in the early 1980's he recorded his record Saudades which in Berimbau Concert and Orchestra; succeed then, the record Bush Dance, Rain Dance which were experiences with electronic instruments. From that time on, Nana entered in a more direct envolvement with the culture of his country through the artistical management of the important "Percussivo Mundial Festival" (PercPan) in Salvador Bahia - city -Brazil, and of the ABC Musical Project besides special participations in records of artists such as: Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Mundo Livre S/A and others. Nana Vasconcelos released in Brazil the recording Contando Estorias ('94) and recently Contaminaçao, with pernambucan sources where he idealized the "ABC das Artes Flor do Mangue", project that is his work with sky childrens. To talk about Nana is almost impossible since there is not enough space to describe what is being considered the best percussionist in the world, winning seven times the premium awarded by american magazine Down Beat.
JAYADEVA
At
twenty-one years of age, Jayadeva, guitarist, singer
and instrumentalist joins
the Organic Music Theatre
of Don Cherry. American
writer, Robert Ham,
describes in an article dated
January 25, 2012 "The
Cherry Family" ...” it's
incredible to me how
it all feels organic
... they flow so
naturally ... who
wouldn’t be inspired
by the playful,
child-like attitude that
came with the creation
of art that surrounded
them all? ... leaves you
absolutely free ....
" These are his emotions
while viewing the Italian RAI
special dated 1976 with
Don Cherry, his
wife Moki scenography
and tampura, Nanà Vasconcelos
voice, berimbau,
percussion and Jayadeva
(Gian Piero Pramaggiore
at the time) voice, guitar,
flute. Under the leadership
of Don Cherry, Jayadeva
performs numerous concerts
in Europe and United States
playing in different groups
including, (in addition to Nana) Charlie
Haden, Eddie Blackwell,
Dewey Redman, Jim
Pepper, Hamid Drake
and many others. In
the summer of 1996, he presents himself
as Jayadeva at
the Nice Jazz Festival where he presented "Trio
For Codona" in
the company of bassist
Jean Jacques Avenel
and drummer Okay
Temiz. Others followed
in different groups and in
one of these, Libero Farnè
writes in the magazine
Musica Jazz "..
a magical and enchanted
atmosphere .... particularly
the voice and guitar
of Jayadeva already a
partner with Don Cherry,
have formed a real connection
with the spirit of the lost
trumpeter.’’ In the winter of '96
Jayadeva records a series
of tracks in Jayadeva
accepts the invitation
from the Indian drummer,
Trilok Gurtu, to
participate in a multicultural group called
The Glimpse. With
this training, from '96,
he recorded three CDs ('The
Glimpse' '97,
'Kathak' '98 and ‘African
Fantasy' '99), video
- concerts produced by
television, radio concerts
broadcast live from a
series of world tours in:
Europe, India, Australia,
USA, New Zealand
and New Caledonia. To underline some significant
concerts: Umbria Jazz
'97, Glastonbury Festival
‘98 England, Womad
Festival '98 and '99,
Australia & New Zealand,
Bomber Shoot
Festival Seattle USA, Drum
Festival Amsterdam, DC Free Jazz Festival Washington DC USA, Nice
Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz
Festival '99, Paris Jazz Festival, Sardegna Jazz Festival
’96, ’97 and 2008. 40th Anniversary of Ronnie Scott's in The
musical versatility of Jayadeva sees him collaborate with musicians from
different backgrounds and cultural music from
PEPPE CONSOLMAGNO
Peppe
Consolmagno,
born in Consolmagno
has played at international festivals such as: "Umbria Jazz"
in Perugia, "Festival International de Jazz" in
Montreal-Canada, "Jazz o Brazil" in Paris, "Kunstamt
Steglitz" in Berlin, "Drum 2000" percussion festival in
Bologna, "Festival di Musica da Camera" in Tolentino,
"Centro Studi Brasiliani C.E.B." in Rome, "World Music
Festival" in Lanciano, "Percussion World and Sound PWS7"
in Asti, RAI "Radiotre Suite", "Jaco Pastorius Music
Festival" in Coriano, "5th World Music Festival" in Rome,
"Musica dei Popoli" in Florence, as well as at the festival
"Sete Sóis, Sete Luas" in Portugal,” Percussionistica World
Rhythm Festival" in Umbertide, Istituto Musicale P.Mascagni in
Livorno, Liceo Musicale in Catania," Festival Womad" in
Palermo, "Fandango Jazz Festival "- Consolmagno
also writes for the Italian
specialized magazines such as "World Music",
"Percussioni", "Strumenti Musicali",
"Jazz", "DrumClub", "Il Manifesto",
"Jazzitalia", "CiaoJazz", "CupaCupa",
"Musicando", and others. He was invited to Salvador-Bahia (
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