Nightingale
The Los Angeles album, produced by Sérgio Mendes, with Carol Rogers writing English lyrics.
Gilberto Gil, 1979
- Released
- 1979
- Recorded
- Autumn 1978
- Studio
- Kendun Records, Burbank, California
- Label
- Elektra
- Producer
- Sérgio Mendes
Nightingale was recorded, mixed and mastered at Kendun Records in Burbank, California, in the autumn of 1978 and issued by Elektra in 1979. Sérgio Mendes produced, Geoff Gillette engineered and Norman Seeff took the photographs. Musicians credited include Abraham Laboriel, Nathan Watts, Alex Acuña, Michael Sembello, Lee Ritenour and Don Grusin, with Rubão Sabino on bass on Goodbye My Girl.
Gil wrote most of the songs. Goodbye My Girl is by Moacyr Albuquerque and Péricles Santana with a lyric by Gil, Maracatu Atômico pairs Nelson Jacobina's music with Jorge Mautner's lyric, and Nightingale was written with Mautner. Carol Rogers wrote the English version of Ella and the lyric for Alapalá.
Track listing
- Sarará (Sah-Rah-Rah)4:48
- Goodbye My Girl4:06
- Ella3:48
- Here and Now4:25
- Balafon (Bah-Lah-Fon)2:42
- Alapalá (Alah-Pah-Lah)3:47
- Maracatu Atômico4:23
- Move Along With Me3:07
- Nightingale3:53
- Samba de Los Angeles3:25
Personnel
- Gilberto Gil lead vocals, guitar
- Sérgio Mendes producer, synthesizer, percussion
- Abraham Laboriel bass
- Alex Acuña drums, percussion
- Michael Sembello electric guitar
- Lee Ritenour electric guitar
- Don Grusin keyboards
- Geoff Gillette recording engineer
More from Gilberto Gil
Louvação (1967), Gilberto Gil (Frevo Rasgado) (1968), Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (1968), Gilberto Gil (1969), Gilberto Gil (Nêga) (1971), Expresso 2222 (1972), Gil & Jorge: Ogum Xangô (1975), Refazenda (1975), Refavela (1977), Realce (1979), Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar) (1981), Um Banda Um (1982)
Sources
- Nightingale (1979 LP), Discogs