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- Artist(s): Esperanza Spalding
- Summary: The debut full-length collaboration between Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding features guest appearances by Tim Bernardes, Maria Gadu, Lula Galvão, Guinga, Lianne La Havas, Orquestra Ouro Preto, Elena Pinderhughes, Dianne Reeves, Carolina Shorter, and Paul Simon.
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- Record Label: Concord
- Genre(s): Jazz
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Aug 9, 2024Spalding cements her status as a collaborator capable of extracting mighty performances from her elders. Her imaginative musical settings showcase Nascimento’s mature range, producing a late-career masterpiece that highlights the beautiful changes wrought by age.
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Aug 9, 2024At the center of all this are Nascimento and Spalding, whose smiling interplay helps make Milton + Esperanza feel like both a capstone to a monumental career and continuation of a musical legacy.
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MojoAug 9, 2024A glorious convergence of talents. [Sep 2024, p.92]
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UncutAug 9, 2024This is much more of an Esperanza Spalding album than a Milton Nascimento one. But what Spalding has been able to do successfully is subsume herself into the world that Nascimento has created over the last 50 years – a dreamlike realm of folkloric myth, plugged into nature’s heartbeat. [Aug 2024, p.28]
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The WireOct 22, 2024The result is a predictable major label mixed bag, overburdened with string arrangements and backing vocals. Even so, it’s an enjoyable album, with standout tracks like “Outubro”, a melancholic Nascimento original with vocals by the leaders; the plaintive “Morro Velho” featuring Orquestra Ouro Preto; and “Get It By Now”, a composition with a wonderful unexpected harmonic reversal. [Nov 2024, p.65]