''Nascimento'' is an album by Brazilian musician

Milton Nascimento Milton Nascimento (; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has toured across the world. Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album for his alb ...

, released through

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in 1997. In 1998, the album earned Milton Nascimento the

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for

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Track listing

# "Louva-A-Deus (The Praying Mantis)" (Brant, Nascimento) – 3:07 # "O Cavaleiro (The Rider)" (Lopes, Nascimento) – 3:42 # "Guardanapos de Papel (Paper Napkins)" (

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) – 5:24 # "Cuerpo y Alma (Body and Soul)" (Mateo) – 3:59 # "Rouxinol (The Nightingale)" (Nascimento) – 3:15 # "Janela Para O Mundo (Window to the World)" (Brant, Nascimento) – 4:04 # "E Agora, Rapaz? (And What Now, Man?)" (Caninana) – 4:43 # "Levantados Do Chão (Raised from the Ground)" (

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, Nascimento) – 3:16 # "Ana Maria" (

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) – 5:18 # " Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:33 # "Os Tambores de Minas (Minas Drums)" (Borges, Nascimento) – 3:19 # "Biromes y Servilletas (Paper Napkins)" (

) – 5:24

Personnel

Hugo Fattoruso Hugo Fattoruso was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1943. Fattoruso is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalisAs well as developing a career as a soloist, he has participated and performed in many different genres: Trio Fattoruso ...

- piano and accordion on tracks "O Cavaleiro", "Rouxinol" e "Janela Para o Mundo" and keyboards on "Rouxinol" * Túlio Mourão - keyboards *Wilson Lopes - acoustic guitar and viola on "O Rouxinol" * Luiz Alves - acoustic bass on all tracks, except on tracks "Louva-A-Deus, "Rouxinol"," "Janela Para o Mundo", "E agora, Rapaz?", "Levantados do Chão" and "Os Tambores de Minas" *Lincoln Cheib - drums, percussion *

Robertinho Silva Robertinho Silva (born 1941)allmusic Biography/ref> is a Brazilian drummer known for jazz. His first album was ''Música Popular Brasileira'' in 1981. He began his career with the band Som Imaginário with Zé Rodrix, Wagner Tiso and Luiz Alve ...

- percussion, drums *Ronaldo Silva - percussion *Alberto Continentino - electric bass on tracks "Rouxinol", "E agora, Rapaz?" and "Levantados do Chão" *Nivaldo Ornelas - flutes on "Rouxinol" soprano saxophone na faixa "Cuerpo y Alma" and "Ana Maria", flute in G on track "Ol' Man River"

References

1997 albums Milton Nascimento albums albums produced by Russ Titelman Warner Records albums Grammy Award for Best World Music Album {{Brazil-album-stub