Bassist, has performed and recorded with Salif Keita - Papa (1999); Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate - MaliCool (2003); Vernon Reid - Mistaken Identity (1996), Yohimbe Brothers (2002), Known Unknown (2004), Other True Self (2006) and others.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, co-founded prog-thrash-soul band No Walls, with a CD released on Atlanta's Third Eye Records in 1992.

Hank played the Festival in the Desert 2004 in Essakane, Mali with Roswell Rudd's Trombone Shout Band and has recently been performing with Martin Luther, Ted Lennon, and Rob Curto's Forró For All...

Released Orixás with Jorge Amorim in 2004.