At 82, the singer Milton Nascimento owner of one of the most admired voices in the country, is in the dispute for Grammy 2025 main awards of the music industry.
This year, the Brazilian competes for the category of best jazz album with vocal for the album “Milton + Esperanza”, released in August 2024, in partnership with the American Esperanza Spalding .
Inside the album “Milton + Esperanza”
In 1974 Milton Nascimento increased the reach of Brazilian music around the world when recording the Lp native with the American composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter In 2023, it was the artist’s turn to unite Esperanza Spalding, another jazz power in the United States.
With 16 tracks, the collaborative album named after “Milton + Esperanza” It combines artist classics with other spalding productions. The album also features guests such as Dianne Reeves, Lianne La Havas, Maria Gadú, Tim Bernardes, Paul Simon and Guinga.
See the tracklist of “Milton + Esperanza”
- The Music Was There
- Pier
- LATE SEPTEMBER
- October
- A Day in the Life
- Interlude for saci
- Saci (ft. Guinga)
- Wings for the Thought Bird [ft. Elena Pinderhughes e Orquestra Ouro Preto]
- The Way You Are
- Earth Song [ft. Dianne Reeves]
- Hill [ft. Orquestra Outro Preto]
- I miss the Panair planes (talking to the bar) [ft. Lianne Las Havas, Maria Gadú, Tim Bernardes e Lula Galvão]
- A wind passed (to Paul Simon) [ft. Paul Simon]
- Get it by now
- Another planet
- WHEN YOU DREAM [ft. Caroline Shorter]
The Grammy 2025 takes place next Sunday (2), live on Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
This content was originally published in Grammy 2025: Meet album that yielded Milton Nascimento nomination on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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