• Source: Gil e Jorge

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. The album was released in Brazil under the title "Ogum Xangô" (the names of two Yoruba spirits) with a different cover.




Critical reception



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.
AllMusic's John Bush believed it was by far the best album in Gil's discography. In 2007, it was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.




Track listing


"Meu Glorioso São Cristóvão" (Ben) – 8:13
"Nêga" (Gil) – 10:37
"Jurubeba" (Gil) – 11:40
"Quem Mandou (Pé na Estrada)" (Ben) – 6:52
"Taj Mahal" (Ben) – 14:46
"Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem" (Ben) – 6:10
"Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" (Gil) – 6:14
"Filhos de Gandhi" (Gil) – 13:11
"Sarro" (Ben, Gil) – 1:09




Personnel


Jorge Ben – vocals, violão
Gilberto Gil – vocals, violão
Djalma Corrêa – percussion
Wagner Dias – bass




Credits


Art Direction – Jorge Vianna
Design – Aldo Luiz, Rogério Duarte
Mastered By – Joaquim Figueira
Photography – João Castrioto
Producer [Direction] – Paulinho Tapajós, Perinho Albuquerque
Technician [Recording] – Ary, João Moreira, Luigi, Luis Claudio




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