Egberto Gismonti’s Dança das Cabeças (recorded 1976) was the first ECM disc from the brilliant Brazilian guitarist and pianist and the first document of Egberto’s collaboration with percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. It was a revelatory blending of sounds, Gismonti’s finely sculpted compositions irradiated by Nana’s Afro-Brazilian rhythm concept and his rainforest sounds. Dança das Cabeças won the German Record Critics Prize as Album of the Year in 1977.

Featured Artists

Egberto Gismonti8-String Guitar, Piano, Wood Flutes, Voice
Nana VasconcelosPercussion, Berimbau, Corpo, Voice

Recorded

November 1976, Talent Studio, Oslo

Original Release Date

01.03.1977

1Part I: Quarto Mundo #1 / Dança Das Cabeças / Aguas Luminosas / Celebração De Núpcias / Porta Encantada / Quarto Mundo #2
(Egberto Gismonti, Egberto Gismonti, Dulce Bressane, Egberto Gismonti, Egberto Gismonti, Egberto Gismonti)25:15
2Part II: Tango / Bambuzal / Fé Cega Faga Amolada / Dança Solitária
(Egberto Gismonti, Geraldo Eduardo Carneiro, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos, Egberto Gismonti)24:30