Mandrake or Mandrake Som, pseudonym of Ivanir do Nascimento (Guaratinguetá, May 21, 1934 – Rome, September 8, 1988), was a Brazilian singer and percussionist naturalized Italian, active in Italy since the late 1950s.

The nickname comes from his participation in a Brazilian television program in 1959 in which Enrico Simonetti took part as conductor and arranger: during an episode dedicated to magic, Ivanir do Nascimento, being the only member of the orchestra with a moustache, impersonated the magician Mandrake, later taking his name definitively. Mandrake takes part in shows and recordings with internationally renowned artists such as Jair Rodrigues, Elis Regina, João Gilberto, Maria Bethânia, Chico Buarque, Vinícius de Moraes, Wilson Simonal, Carlos Piper, Roberto Carlos Braga, Gal Costa.

On Lexington Records an Independent Japanese record company. Parent company of #ManhattanRecords.

Mandrake Som – Sombossa

Label: #Lexington – LEX 9318, EMI – 4 79486 1

Series: New Balanço

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, #Reissue

Country: Japan

Released: 1994

Genre: Jazz, Latin, Funk / Soul

Style: #Samba, #Bossanova, #JazzFunk, #LatinJazz

A1 Eu Não Quero Nem Saber

A2 Soul Samba

A3 Insensatez

A4 Arrastão

B1 Deixa Isso Pra La

B2 Reza

B3 Berimbau

B4 O Dia Em Que Eu Morrer

Double Bass – #RiccardoRomei

Drums – #CosimoLampis

Guitar, Vocals – #GiovannaMarinuzzi

Percussion – #IvanirDoNascimento a.k.a. #MandrakeSom

Piano – #SergioScollo

Tenor Saxophone – #DamasoGrossi

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