Berimbau - Berimbau Players in Other Styles of Music

Berimbau Players in Other Styles of Music

  • Candomblé-de-caboclo songs have been recorded by ethnomusicologists to the accompaniment of berimbau. Musicians have also played Ketu, Gêgê and Angola candomblé rhythm patterns on berimbau, but this does not appear to have any relationship either with the cults or with capoeira.
  • Berimbau has appeared in a number of bands as a marker of Afro-Brazilian origin.
  • Nana Vasconcelos, since the late 1970s, has played berimbau and other percussion with modern jazz musicians worldwide.
  • Paulinho Da Costa - A highly sought after studio musician.
  • Dinho Nascimento, more recently, has used berimbau as his main instrument for music recording.
  • Max Cavalera - Lead singer and guitarist in metal bands Sepultura, Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy.
  • Airto Moreira - Brazilian percussionist, works with many musicians and combines many styles from different continents.
  • Ney Rosauro - Brazilian percussionist and composer of contemporary classical music has utilized the Berimbau in several of his compositions for orchestra and percussion ensemble.
  • Greg Beyer - Percussionist and professor at Northern Illinois University. Spearheading a project titled O Berimbau to bring the Berimbau and other such musical bows into the world of western compositions.
  • Okay Temiz - Turkish Jazz drummer and percussionist. The Berimbau is an instrument which he commands and used in many songs. "Denizalti Rüzgarlari" from 1975 is the most famous one of these songs.
  • Cut Chemist - Turntablist of such groups as Ozomatli and Jurassic 5 made use of the Berimbau in his single "The Garden," off his album The Audience's Listening.
  • TaKeTiNa - The berimbau is used as a drone—along with the surdo, which serves as the "heartbeat"—as part of the TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process, a musical, meditative group process for people who want to develop their awareness of rhythm.
  • Minnesota metal band GRYZOR uses a modern contemporary version of the berimbau in their live show.

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