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MILTON
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Thursday
28 April
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THE ARTICLE MILTON NASCIMENTO SETS HIS VOICE FREE
IN LONDON, by Marlene Peret
'He has the
voice of an angel', Mike Chadwick
Brazilian singer / songwriter superstar &
Winner of the 1998 Grammy Best World Music
Album, plays eagerly awaited show
Milton Nascimento was born in 1942 in Rio
de Janeiro. At the age of two, his adoptive
parents, both white, brought him to Três
Pontas, a small town in the state of Minas
Gerais.
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His
mother, Lilia, a housewife, had once sung in a choir
conducted by Villa Lobos, the Brazilian modernist
composer: She also used to sing at local festivals,
accompanied by Milton. Nascimento’s father,
Josino, had a passion for electronics. He was a mathematics
teacher and one time ran the local radio station,
where the young Milton occasionally served as DJ.
When he was nineteen, Nascimento moved to the state
capital Belo Horizonte, singing whenever and wherever
he could, finally gaining wider exposure when the
legendary pop singer Elis Regina recorded his “Canção
do Sal” in ’66. With his appearance at
Brazil’s International Song Festival the following
year, and his rendition of “Travessia (Bridges)
”, with lyrics by Fernando Brant, Milton’s
musical career was effectively launched.
In ’72, with poet/lyricists Marcio Borges, Fernando
Brant and Ronaldo Bastos and other friends including
Lô Borges and Beto Guedes, Milton Nascimento
recorded Clube da Esquina (Street-corner Club). The
double-album spawned hit singles, notably “Cravo
e Canela” (Clove and Cinnamon), “Cais”(Dock),
and “Nada Será Como Antes” (Nothing
will be As It Was), which are still being recorded
by Brazil’s pop superstars more than twenty
years late. Over the years he has recorded 28 solo
albums. One of his best known works in the U.S. is
celebrated Native Dancer album. Milton’s voice
can also be heard on Paul Simon’s The Rhythm
Of The Saints and Sara Vaughan’s Brazilian Romance.
He appeared on Duran Duran’s “Breath After
Breath” (which he co-wrote), and has performed
on albums with James Taylor, Peter Gabriel, Jo Anderson,
Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Quincy
Jones, many of whom appeared on his debut Warner album
Angelus. His music has been recorded by numerous U.S.
based musicians, including the Manhattan Transfer
and Stan Getz.
In
2004, Far Out Recordings kicked off its 10 year
anniversary with the release of the previously
unavailable double CD ‘Maria Maria’
& ‘Ultimo Trem’.
Featuring
highly sought after versions of his classic
compositions, ‘Maria Maria’ and
‘Ultimo Trem’ are the soundtracks
to the ballets of the same name that Milton
scored the music for in 1976 and 1981 respectively.
Never before available together, the music on
these CDs is raw, atmospheric and emotionally
charged - revealing a songwriter at his creative
peak.
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This
double CD documents the emergence of the superstar
musician who shunned the US jazz and rock sounds his
contemporaries were into instead choosing to delve
deep into the heart of Brazil and his region Minas
Gerais. The CDs feature a who’s who of Brazilian
artists from the 70s inc. legendary Brazilian vocalists
Fafá de Belém and Nana Caymmi, Paulo
Jobim, the first son of Antonio Jobim and a master
guitarist and flutist in his own right as well as
the legendary afro influenced percussionist Nana Vasconcelos
and Robertinho Silva, Wagner Tiso and Novelli –
all members of Brazil’s biggest psychedelic
band Som Imaginario. These musicians were all artists
in their own right who had huge individual careers
in Brazil and were the core of Milton’s group
of astoundingly creative musicians. These CDs are
bursting with ideas, influences and heady experimentation,
showing an artist pushing himself to his limit and
creating the styles that would make him a legend throughout
Brazil
Today,
Milton Nascimento is one of the rare vocalists who
can draw audiences around the world regardless of
language. A Grammy nominee in 1992, and winner of
the 1992 Down Beat International Critics’Poll,
and 1991 Down Beat Readers’Poll, Milton Nascimento
has performed throughout the United States, Europe,
Japan, and Latin America. Beyond jazz, and beyond
pop, the Nascimento sound is bittersweet, synthesizing
undercurrents of numerous disparats cultures. It assimilates
the fallout of 20th century commercial talent, including
the Beatles, Piaf, Michael Legrand, and the jazz ‘giants’,
with centuries-old sacred and folk expression, from
Gregorian chant to African tribal.
Milton
Nascimento is also profoundly attached to his roots
in the interior of Brazil. An ingenious composer and
vocal stylist, he sings, appropriately (and often
abstractly), about community - the tissue that binds
all human beings together in or out of harmony. His
soulful voice is a mating of the lower and upper registers
which are traditionally segregated for either male
or female repertoires. Milton Nascimento’s originality
constantly surprises. According to music critic Robert
Palmer of The New York Times, Milton Nascimento “provides
essential nourishment for both our heads and our hearts”.
Milton
Nascimento
Lincoln
Continentino – Keyboards
Gastão
Villeroy – Bass
Lincoln
Cheib – Drums
Wilson
Lopes – Guitars
Marco
Lobo – Percussion
Widor
Santiago – Flute and Sax
Marina
Machado – Singer
Marcelo
Borges – Keyboard
The
Forum
9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW51JY
Thursday 28th April 2005
7 pm
£17.50
020 7344 0044
For advance tickets call See Tickets on 0870 060 3777
, or book online at www.jazzcafe.co.uk
or www.meanfiddler.com
