Native Dancer (album)
Native Dancer is the fifteenth album by Wayne Shorter. It is a collaboration with Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento,[6] 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, drummer Chester Thompson and vocalist Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire.
| Native Dancer | ||||
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| Studio album by Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento | ||||
| Released | January 18, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | September 12, 1974 | |||
| Studio | The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, contemporary jazz, smooth jazz, World Music | |||
| Length | 41:41 | |||
| Language | English, Portuguese | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jim Price, Rob Fraboni | |||
| Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4/5[4] |
| Tom Hull | B–[5] |
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 and tenor saxophone
- Milton Nascimento – guitar, vocals
- David Amaro – guitar
- Jay Graydon – guitar
- Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards
- Wagner Tiso – organ, piano
- Dave McDaniel – bass
- Robertinho Silva – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion
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
- Allmusic Review
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 180. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 7th ed. (Penguin, 2004), p. 322.
- "Wayne Shorter:Native Dancer". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wayne Shorter". Tom Hull. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- Neil Tesser (1998). The Playboy Guide to Jazz. Bloomsbury. pp. 222, 223.
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