One of the oldest forms of musical expression of mankind, percussion was chosen to be the star of the album `SEMENTEIRA: SOUNDS OF PERCUSSION. The album was made based on the aesthetics of four heavyweight creators: the Pernambuco NANÁ VASCONCELOS, appointed as the best percussionist in the world, CAÍTO MARCONDES, a carioca educated in São Paulo who appropriates the sounds of the planet and, anthropophagically, synthesizes in his compositions everything you hear, HEART QUIÁLTERA, a São Paulo group that has been gaining recognition and admiration for language research

Jan Garbarek - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flutes
John Abercrombie - guitars
Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, talking drum, percussion, voice

by John Storm Roberts
This 1979 recording is probably Afro-experimentalist Vasconcelos' finest. It presents his various facets -- berimbao playing, intricate overlain vocals, fine percussion, even gorgeous guitar -- simply and almost overwhelmingly. This is one of those performances that remind one to never let natural dogmatism get too out of hand.