Nascimento (album) explained

Nascimento
Type:	studio
Artist:	Milton Nascimento
Cover:	Milton Nascimento, Nascimento album cover.jpg
Released:	1997
Studio:	Mega Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Unique Studios (New York City) Room With a View (New York City)
Genre:	MPB, Jazz
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Russ Titelman
Prev Title:	Amigo
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Tambores de Minas
Next Year:	1998

Nascimento is an album by Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento, released through Warner Bros. Records in 1997.^[1] In 1998, the album earned Milton Nascimento the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Louva-A-Deus (The Praying Mantis)" (Brant, Nascimento) – 3:07
2. "O Cavaleiro (The Rider)" (Lopes, Nascimento) – 3:42
3. "Guardanapos de Papel (Paper Napkins)" (Leo Maslíah) – 5:24
4. "Cuerpo y Alma (Body and Soul)" (Mateo) – 3:59
5. "Rouxinol (The Nightingale)" (Nascimento) – 3:15
6. "Janela Para O Mundo (Window to the World)" (Brant, Nascimento) – 4:04
7. "E Agora, Rapaz? (And What Now, Man?)" (Caninana) – 4:43
8. "Levantados Do Chão (Raised from the Ground)" (Chico Buarque, Nascimento) – 3:16
9. "Ana Maria" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:18
10. "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:33
11. "Os Tambores de Minas (Minas Drums)" (Borges, Nascimento) – 3:19
12. "Biromes y Servilletas (Paper Napkins)" (Leo Maslíah) – 5:24

Personnel

• Hugo 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 - 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"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nascimento. February 5, 2011. Allmusic.
2. News: Pires. Cláudia. Folha de S.Paulo. Música: "Nascimento" ganha Grammy em NY. 27 February 1998. 26 November 2022.