Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento to release album featuring Paul Simon and Lianne La Havas
Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento have announced a new collaborative album, Milton + Esperanza, featuring the likes of Paul Simon and Lianne La Havas.
Alongside the album's announcement, the duo have shared lead single, “Outubro”, which is a rework of the original that appeared on Nascimento’s 1969 album Courage. Among the album are five re-interpretations of Nascimento’s own material – "Outubro" being the oldest of them all. There is also a cover of “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles and Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song.”
Milton + Esperanza also features collaborations with Paul Simon, Lianne La Havas, Maria Gadú, Dianne Reeves, Tim Bernardes, Carolina Shorter, and Shabaka Hutchings, and more.
Tracklist:
- The Music Was There
- Cais
- Late September
- Outubro
- A Day in the Life
- Interlude for Saci
- Saci (feat. Guinga)
- Wings for the Thought Bird (feat. Elena Pinderhughes and Orquestra Ouro Preto)
- The Way You Are
- Earth Song (feat. Dianne Reeves)
- Morro Velho (feat. Orquestra Ouro Preto)
- Saudade Dos Aviões da Panair (Conversando No Bar) (feat. Lianne La Havas, Maria Gadú, Tim
- Bernardes and Lula Galvão)
- Um Vento Passou (Para Paul Simon) (feat. Paul Simon)
- Get It by Now
- Outra Planeta
- When You Dream (feat. Carolina Shorter)
Milton + Esperanza is due for release on 9 August via Concord.
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