Native Dancer (album) explained

Native Dancer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento
Cover:	NativeDancerShorter.jpg
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
Chronology:	Wayne Shorter
Prev Title:	Moto Grosso Feio
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Atlantis
Next Year:	1985

Native Dancer an album by Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento,^[1] 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.

Track listing

1. "Ponta de Areia" (Milton Nascimento) – 5:18
2. "Beauty and the Beast" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:04
3. "Tarde" (Fernando Brant, Nascimento) – 5:49
4. "Miracle of the Fishes" (Brant, Nascimento) – 4:48
5. "Diana" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:04
6. "From the Lonely Afternoons" (Brant, Nascimento) – 3:15
7. "Ana Maria" (Shorter) – 5:10
8. "Lilia" (Nascimento) – 7:03
9. "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 – electric guitar (track 1), bass (track 2)
• Herbie Hancock – piano (tracks 1–2, 7, 9), electric piano (track 3)
• Wagner Tiso – 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 – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-8), percussion (tracks 5, 9)
• Airto Moreira – 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

See also

• Weather Report, Mysterious Traveller (1974)
• Weather Report, Tale Spinnin' (1975)

Notes and References

1. Book: Neil Tesser. 1998. The Playboy Guide to Jazz. 222, 223. Bloomsbury.