Native Dancer (album)

Native Dancer
Studio album by Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento
Released	January 18, 1975
Recorded	September 12, 1974
Studio	The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, contemporary jazz, smooth jazz, World Music
Length	41:41
Language	English, Portuguese
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jim Price, Rob Fraboni
Wayne Shorter chronology
Moto Grosso Feio (1974) Native Dancer (1974) Atlantis (1985)
Milton Nascimento chronology
Milagre dos Peixes (1973) Native Dancer (1974) Minas (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B−[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
Sputnikmusic	4/5[4]

Native Dancer is an album by Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento,^[6] and features some of his most acclaimed compositions. It is notable for blending jazz, rock and funk elements with Brazilian rhythms in an attempt to create "world" music broadly accessible to people from many different cultures. Many American musicians have mentioned being influenced by the album, including bassist Esperanza Spalding, drummer Chester Thompson and vocalist Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire.

Track listing

1. "Ponta de Areia" (Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant) – 5:18
2. "Beauty and the Beast" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:04
3. "Tarde" (Nascimento, Márcio Borges) – 5:49
4. "Miracle of the Fishes" (Nascimento, Brant) – 4:48
5. "Diana" (Wayne Shorter) – 3:04
6. "From the Lonely Afternoons" (Nascimento, Brant) – 3:15
7. "Ana Maria" (Shorter) – 5:10
8. "Lilia" (Nascimento) – 7:03
9. "Joanna's Theme" (Herbie Hancock) – 4:17

Personnel

Musicians

• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (tracks 1–2, 4, 7-9), tenor saxophone (tracks 4–6), piano (tracks 5–7), electric piano (track 8)
• Milton Nascimento – vocals (tracks 1, 3–4, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (tracks 3–4, 6, 8)
• David Amaro – acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 6–7, 9)
• Jay Graydon – electric guitar (track 1), bass (track 2)
• Herbie Hancock – piano (tracks 1–2, 7, 9), electric piano (track 3)
• Wagner Tiso – organ (tracks 1, 3–4, 7), electric piano (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 9), bass (track 8)
• Dave McDaniel – bass (tracks 1, 3–7, 9)
• Robertinho Silva – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–8), percussion (tracks 5, 9)
• Airto Moreira – percussion (tracks 2, 4–5, 7–8)

Production

• Jim Price – producer
• Wly – engineer (lacquer cutting)
• Wally Traugott – engineer (mastering)
• Robert Fraboni – engineer
• Joe Tuzen – assistant engineer
• Nancy Donald – artwork
• Kenneth McGowan – photography

See also

• Weather Report, Mysterious Traveller (1974)
• Weather Report, Tale Spinnin' (1975)

References

1. AllMusic Review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 180. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Wayne Shorter:Native Dancer". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
5. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Wayne Shorter". Tom Hull. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
6. Neil Tesser (1998). The Playboy Guide to Jazz. Bloomsbury. pp. 222, 223.