Jonas Warrior of Light de Andrade died at a local hospital in
Piauí, Brazil, on Sunday from a skull injury sustained during a clandestine boxing match
The 34-year-old participated in one of five fights held at a gym in Teresina, Piauí, Saturday evening and was knocked down twice
Following the second, the referee called the fight but de Andrade collapsed as he was about to be escorted to the ring
De Andrade was taken to Buenos Aires Hospital where he went into cardiac arrest early Sunday
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Nana Vasconcelos on stage at Vienne Jazz Festival, 2000. 11 Afro-Brazilian Percussionists You Need To Know
These Brazilian percussionists have broken sound frontiers, invented new instruments and thrilled musical giants such as Michael Jackson and Sarah Vaughan.
It isn t rare to forget that excellent drummer s name. While singers, band vocalists, and even composers are venerated among amateur music audiences, percussionists very often go unnoticed. Perhaps because percussionists are not usually the protagonists on stage, their identities or even their importance sometimes fall from the audience s sight.
But when it comes to Brazil s African-influenced music cultures, percussion is by no means secondary. To get into the roots of Afro-Brazilian music is to understand that percussionists such as