Miltons Milton Nascimento Artist

Here {|Nascimento|} strips his normally expansive resources way down and basically uses just his own voice and guitar, {|Herbie Hancock|}'s acoustic piano and synthesized bass, and {|Nana Vasconcelos|}' percussion, with occasional self-overdubs and c... Read more

Here {|Nascimento|} strips his normally expansive resources way down and basically uses just his own voice and guitar, {|Herbie Hancock|}'s acoustic piano and synthesized bass, and {|Nana Vasconcelos|}' percussion, with occasional self-overdubs and choral interjections. For strict jazz fans, then, this release has an unusually high quota of interest; {|Hancock|} -- who is in inspired, affectionate form throughout -- gets lots of solo space, and we hear more of {|Nascimento|}'s own driving, idiosyncratic guitar than usual. The songs, in collaboration with {|Nascimento|}'s perennial lyricist {|Fernando Brant|} and others, overflow with {|Nascimento|}'s unquenchable life force, having never abandoned the peace-and-love core of the '60s. For openers, {|Nascimento|} delivers a touching note to actor {|River Phoenix|} well before the latter's tragically early death. There is also an hypnotic, revolving, vocalese version of {|La Bamba,|} and he revisits earlier tunes like {|San Vicente|} and {|Sock Ball, Marbles.|} This is unusually intimate {|Nascimento|}, but no less full and rich in impact. ~ Richard S. Ginell Less