Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento to release album featuring Paul Simon and Lianne La Havas

16 May 2024, 15:30 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

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(Esperanza Spalding) (Lianne La Havas) (Paul Simon) (Shabaka Hutchings)

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)