''Native Dancer'' an album by
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...
and
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 ...
,
[
] and features some of his most acclaimed compositions. It is notable for blending jazz, rock and funk elements with Brazilian rhythms in an attempt to create "world" music broadly accessible to people from many different cultures. Many American musicians have mentioned being influenced by the album, including bassist
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, and a Soul Train Music Award.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Spalding be ...
, drummer
Chester Thompson and vocalist
Maurice White
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the ...
of
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band whose music spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, big band, Latin, and Afro pop. They are among the best-selling bands of all time, with sales of over 90 million re ...
.
Track listing
# "Ponta de Areia" (Milton Nascimento) – 5:18
# "Beauty and the Beast" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:04
# "Tarde" (Fernando Brant, Nascimento) – 5:49
# "Miracle of the Fishes" (Brant, Nascimento) – 4:48
# "Diana" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:04
# "From the Lonely Afternoons" (Brant, Nascimento) – 3:15
# "Ana Maria" (Shorter) – 5:10
# "Lilia" (Nascimento) – 7:03
# "Joanna's Theme" (Herbie Hancock) – 4:17
Personnel
Musicians
* Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
(tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 9), tenor saxophone
(tracks 4-6), piano
(tracks 5-7), electric piano
(track 8)
* Milton Nascimento – vocals
(tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8), acoustic guitar
(tracks 3, 4, 6, 8)
* David Amaro – acoustic guitar
(tracks 4, 6, 7, 9)
*
Jay Graydon
Jay Joseph Graydon (born October 8, 1949, Burbank, California) is an American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, keyboardist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) wi ...
– electric guitar
(track 1), bass
(track 2)
*
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...
– piano
(tracks 1, 2, 7, 9), electric piano
(track 3)
*
Wagner Tiso
Wagner Tiso Veiga (born 12 December 1945) is a musician, arranger, conductor, pianist and composer from Brazil.
Born in Três Pontas, Tiso learned music theory with Paulo Moura and specialised in keyboards. In 1970, he joined Som Imaginário, wo ...
– organ
(tracks 1, 3, 4, 7), electric piano
(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9), bass
(track 8)
* Dave McDaniel – bass
(tracks 1, 3-7, 9)
*
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 ...
– drums
(tracks 1-4, 6-8), percussion
(tracks 5, 9)
*
Airto Moreira
Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...
– percussion
(tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Production
*
Jim Price – producer
* Wly – engineer (lacquer cutting)
* Wally Traugott – engineer (mastering)
* Robert Fraboni – engineer
* Joe Tuzen – assistant engineer
* Nancy Donald – artwork
* Kenneth McGowan – photography
References
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1975 albums
Columbia Records albums
Wayne Shorter albums
Milton Nascimento albums
albums produced by Rob Fraboni