◇ image via WikipediaNaná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Ralph Towner and Pierre Barouh. Those roots explain a lot about how Naná Vasconcelos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hermeto Pascoal, Baden Powell, João Donato, Rosinha de Valença and Luiz Bonfá, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pat Metheny, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Naná Vasconcelos, reaching back through Ralph Towner and forward to Pat Metheny. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Naná Vasconcelos connections
Naná Vasconcelos grew out of Ralph Towner and Pierre Barouh, shares an orbit with Hermeto Pascoal, Baden Powell, João Donato and Rosinha de Valença, went on to shape Pat Metheny. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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