Bana (singer)
| Bana | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Adriano Gonçalves |
| Born | 5 March 1932 Mindelo, Cape Verde |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Loures, Portugal |
| Genres | Morna, Coladeira |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1949–2013 |
| Labels | Discos Monte Cara Lusafrica |
| Website | Website |
Adriano Gonçalves (5 March 1932 – 13 July 2013[1]), known by his stage name Bana and called the "King of Morna",[2] was a Cape Verdean balladeer and an interpreter of the morna style, the plaintive, melodic lament which is a staple musical style of the country.[3]
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Biography
He was born in Mindelo on 5 March 1932, some sources said he was born on 11 March.
Bana, who was over seven feet tall, began his musical career during Portuguese colonial rule, when he worked as a handyman and bodyguard for the legendary Cabo Verdean composer and performer, B. Leza.[4]
He later went to Dakar, Senegal where he recorded his first record and gave his first performance. Afterward he moved to Europe, first to Paris where he recorded an LP in 1968 and then to Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he made a group "Voz de Cabo Verde" ("Voice of Cape Verde") with other exiled Cape Verdeans Luís Morais (1934-2002), Jean da Lomba, Morgadinho, Toy de Bibha, Frank Cavaquinho and several others, he also published two "long-plays" and six EPs. In 1969 he headed southwest to Portugal where he opened "Restaurante Monte Cara" in Lisbon, named after one of the island's prominent feature Monte Cara west of Mindelo (also Casa de Cabo Verde), he met two of his friends, Luís Morais e Morgadinho. Also named after the prominent feature Discos Monte Cara, a record company (one of the first Cape Verde) he would establish, he was one of the first Cape Verdean to operate a multinational record company, based in Paris, France named Lusafrica (founded by José da Silva) mainly attracting artists from Lusophony Africa and outside, particularly the United States, other parts of West and Middle Africa and some immigrants to France. During his 60 year long career, Bana recorded around a hundred LPs and EPs in group and solo, he appeared in two films, two in French, one in German and one in Portuguese/Cape Verdean.[5][6]
He was "ambassador" of Cape Verdean music, he was a pioneer that took to the four corners of Europe and Africa.
In his last years, Bana sang Cape Verdean mornas and coladeiras and accompanied with a traditional band an by the orchestra of S. Jorge de Arroios.[6]
In his eightieth year, he performed a concert in Lisbon and featured other singers who honoured hom: Lura, Tito Paris, Nancy Vieira, Titina, Jorge Neto, Luís Fortes, Té Macedo, Jorge Silva, Luz María, Morgadinho, Leonel Almeida, Coimbra, Dany Silva and several others.[7] He was honored in 2012 at the Cabo Verde Music Awards for his long career.[8]
Suffering from poor health during the last years of his life, Bana died in 2013 at Loures hospital in Portugal, at the age of 81, after suffering a cardiac arrest, he had several children including Silva.[9] According to his last will, his body will be cremated.
Discography
Albums
Bana has recorded two songs and 41 albums.[10][11]
- Nha Terra (1965)
- Pensamento e Segredo (1965)
- L. Morais (1967)
- A Paris or Bana á Paris (Bana In Paris) (1968)
- Recordano (Recording) (1969)
- Rotcha-Nu (1970)
- So Coladeras! (1971)
- Coladeras: The Best of Bana (1972)
- Gira sol (1998)
- Acaba comingo
- Ao vivo no Coliseu (Live at the Colosseum)
- Bana - a voz de ouro - mornas (Bana - Voice of Gold - Mornas)
- Bana canta a magia Cap-Vert (recorded in Paris)
- Bana e sua orquestra
- Camin de Maderalzim
- Canto de amores (Songs of Love)
- Cidália
- Contratempo
- Dor di nha dor
- O encanto de Cabo Verde
- Fado
- Ganha gasta
- Gardenia
- Livro infinite (Endless Book)
- Mandamentos/Sodad II
- María Barba e Tunga Tunghinha
- Avenida Marginal - named after the street which runs from the center to the northwest of Mindelo all within Mindelo Bay, the Port of Mindelo is in the middle of the avenue
- As melhores mornas de sempre
- Merecimento de mãe
- Miss unido
- Morabeza
- Mornas inesquecíveis
- Mornas e coladeiras (Mornas and Coladeiras, also as Mornas e coladeras)
- Mostero nha tentação
- Perseguida (Persecution)
- Pilon iletrico (Electric Pylon)
- Rotcha-Nu
- Solidão
- Teresa
- La Zandunga
Singles
- "Badiu di fora"
- "Bobista, Nha Terra" ("Boa Vista, Our Land")/"Oh Boy!" (1979), by Celina Pereira, Discos Monte Cara
- "Cabinda a Cunene" (1998)
- "Canta cu alma sem ser magoado", originally by Pedro Rodrigues
- "De bes"
- "Teresinha", originally by Ti Goi
References
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Bibliography
- Ochoa, Raquel, Bana, Uma vida a cantar Cabo Verde (Bana, Life of a Cape Verdean Singer), published by Planeta Vivo, 2008.
External links
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