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Gil & Jorge (CD)

By: Gilberto Gil (Artist) and Jorge Ben (Artist)

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Gilberto Gil Artist Snapshot:

With a career that dates back to the early 1960s, Gilberto Gil is one of the major innovators of Brazilian pop. A founder of the Tropicalia movement, he has embraced a huge variety of influences, from traditional regional styles of the Brazilian Northeast to jazz, reggae, disco, rock, and African music. Romantic, political, and downright funky, Gil always has an eye on both the past and the future.

Jorge Ben Artist Snapshot:

Originally a disciple of the bossa nova movement, Rio de Janeiro native Jorge Ben Jor (AKA Jorge Ben) scored his first of many hits with "Mas Que Nada" in 1963. Ben Jor's music soon embraced elements of rock, funk, and African rhythms, creating a highly distinctive sound and making Ben Jor one of the most popular artists of the '70s in Brazil. Though less well-known abroad than some of his contemporaries, Ben Jor is one of Brazil's most original and influential songwriters.

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DISC 1 for Gil & Jorge (CD) Album By Gilberto Gil (Artist) and Jorg...
1   Meu Glorioso Sao Cristovao
2   Nega
3   Jurubeba
4   Quem Mandou
5   Taj Mahal
6   Morre O Burro Fica O Homen
7   Essa E Pra Tocar No Radio
8   Filhos De Ganhi
9   Sarro
 

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Musician (4/93, p.93) - "...as moving a realization of the resonant spaces and gaits of an all-acoustic groove album as you'll discover....the songs work themselves into frenzies or take their sweet time, always more concerned with feel than with accuracy..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Gilberto Gil, Jorge Bem (vocals, acoustic guitar); Wagner (bass); Djaalma Correa (percussion).

Producers: Paulinho Tapajos, Perinho Albequerque.

Engineers: Joao Moreiera, Ary Cavalhaes, Luigi Hoffer, Luis Claudio Coutinho.

Includes liner notes by Gerald Seligman.

GIL & JORGE pairs two of the most prominent figures associated with Brazil's late-'60s Tropicalia movement. Though Rio-based Jorge Ben focused primarily on fusions of samba and African music and steered clear of the overt political statements that led to Gilberto Gil's tangles with the Brazilian regime of the time, his propulsive guitar and easy vocals blend perfectly with the Bahia native's folk-rock ethos.

Essentially, this is a jam session par excellence; Gil and Ben face off with their voices and guitars and set the tape rolling. Entirely acoustic instrumentation gives the session a spare, organic sound, and the singers really let it hang out here, with scatting, call-and-response, and melodic and harmonic free association. The parameters are loose and free-flowing, and most of the songs roll on for 10 minutes or more, with plenty of improvisation. Ben's groovy "Taj Mahal" (a close melodic forebear of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"), is one of the highlights, as are the exuberant "Morre O Burro, Fica O Homen," and the relentlessly chugging "Jurubeba." GIL & JORGE is a jewel in the significant discographies of both artists.

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