Estátua de Naná Vasconcelos - PE

Very beautiful

All beautiful, provided with a lot of history!

Perfect holiday

A great way to keep the memory of who was and who is Nana Vasconcelos.

In the square is the statue as a beautiful view of the representative sign of Recoge where to take the classic photo of. Place. You can see sellers of water and the typical colored umbrellas that both represent the place. I recommend going when the sun goes down or first hour there is a lot of light and heat. Noon.

Throughout his career he always had a preference for percussion instruments and in the 1960s he was noted for his talent with the berimbau. In 1967 he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he recorded two LPs with Milton Nascimento. The following year, together with Geraldo Azevedo, he traveled to São Paulo to participate in the Free Quartet, which accompanied Geraldo Vandré at the III International Song Festival. In the early 1970s, he formed the Trio do Bagaço, with Nélson Angelo and Maurício Maestro, performing with the group in Mexico at the invitation of Luis Eça. It was at this time that Gato Barbieri, an Argentine saxophonist, invited him to be part of his group, helping the percussionist to gain international prominence, beginning a long career outside Brazil. With the Argentine musician, he performed in New York and Europe, with an emphasis on the Montreaux festival, in Switzerland, where the percussionist delighted audiences and critics. His discography is as extensive as the music-related projects in which he was involved. [9] He acted as a percussionist alongside several international artists such as B. B. King, Jean-Luc Ponty, David Byrne, Jon Hassell, Egberto Gismonti, Pat Metheny, Evelyn Glennie and Jan Garbarek. Between 1978 and 1982, together with Don Cherry and Collin Walcott, he formed the jazz trio CoDoNa, with which he released 3 albums, in a musical style defined as world jazz. In 1981, he played at the Woodstock Jazz Festival, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Creative Music Studio. In 1998, Vasconcelos contributed the song "Luz de Candeeiro" to the album Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon, a beneficent compilation for the fight against AIDS, produced by the Red Hot Organization. In 2013, the musician made the soundtrack for the animation O Menino eo Mundo, which competed for the Oscar for best animated film in 2016. [10] In 2015, Naná launched a project with singer Zeca Baleiro and Paulo Lepetit called "Projeto Café no Bule". [11] On December 9, 2015, Naná Vasconcelos received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) - without ever having attended higher education. This honor is given to people who have excelled in media such as arts, philosophy or science, for example. [12] Naná Vasconcelos won, for eight consecutive years (1983-1990), the award for Best Percussionist of the Year from the prestigious Down Beat magazine, considered the "bible of jazz". [13] [14] With a strong connection with popular culture, in her last 15 years of life, Naná opened the Recife Carnival, accompanied by the procession of maracatu nations. [15] Extracted from Wikpedia.

An essential stop for those who are fans of good music. Naná Vasconcelos is immortalized in this statue that is really much like the late musician. The stop is in conjunction with Recife's ground zero and you can also enjoy the restaurants in the area. Anyway, an interesting stop and with a striking total view.

At 4.5 meters high, a concrete statue of musician Naná Vasconcelos was inaugurated this Wednesday night (22), at Marco Zero, in Recife. This area was chosen because it is the place where the percussionist from Pernambuco, who died in 2016 at the age of 71, led the opening of the Recife carnival for 15 years. With this inauguration, the Poetry Circuit now has 17 works of statues throughout the city. The piece cost R$35,000 and was produced by sculptor Demetrio Albuquerque. Next to the statue, an LED reflector facing the monument was also installed. In addition, the information board has a QR Code (code read by cell phones with a camera) that provides information about the life and work of the artist, who died of cancer on March 6th last year. SOURCE: http s://g1.globo.c om/pernambuco/carnaval/2017/noticia/estatua-em-homenagem-a-nana-vasconcelos-e-inaugurada-no-marco-zero-no-recife.ght ml