Gil e Jorge | ||||
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Released | 1975 | |||
Genre | Samba rock, MPB | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Perinho Albuquerque | |||
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Gilberto Gil chronology | ||||
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Gil e Jorge is a 1975 album featuring collaboration between Brazilian musicians Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil. The two perform together alongside percussionist Djalma Corrêa on each of the songs, improvising and interacting directly throughout. [1] The album was released in Brazil under the title "Ogum Xangô" (the names of two Yoruba spirits) with a different cover.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | A− [2] |
The Village Voice | A− [3] |
Reviewing the album's CD reissue in 1993, Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote:
Always ready to go further out on a beat than the other samba/bossa geniuses, they walked into a studio in 1975 and spread nine songs over 78 minutes. With percussion up front and snatches of English on the order of 'Blue, blue sky/Blue, blue sea' reinforcing all the repetitions and nonsense syllables, the renowned lyricists were playing a rhythm game, and they won. They don't just vamp till ready—they vamp to live, vamp for the sheer open-ended joy of it. [3]
AllMusic's John Bush believed it was by far the best album in Gil's discography. [1] In 2007, it was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history. [4]