Nana Vasconcelos was an amazing musician. I saw him perform with Jan Garbarek at The Bluecoat in Liverpool in the mid 80s, and it was his percussive presence that stood out for me then, and that I remember the most now. It’s amazing to think that this gig was in February 1987, a time just before I was to take the steps to change my life. Moving out of the family home to go down to London, then Brighton for university, The USA, Greece and France before coming back to live in The UK with Emmanuelle, whO I met at Sussex and, amazingly, still finds me tolerable. One of those watershed performances that means so much, considering where I was.
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