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Perhaps no one in the world outside Jamaica is better equipped to perform a Bob Marley tribute than Gilberto Gil. The two are very nearly equals; Gil meant as much to residents of Brazil as Marley did to Jamaicans -- even though popularity in Brazil means competing in a very crowded field. Gil is also an exact contemporary of Marley's (he is three years older, but began recording at the same time) and, like Marley, arrived at a distinctive sound only after years of working in the local vernacular. (For Marley it was ska and rocksteady, while for Gil it was bossa nova and samba.) He does owe a debt of gratitude to Bob Marley, however, for it was Marley's global stardom during the '70s that enabled Gil to begin making an impact overseas (especially in Africa). For Kaya N'Gan Daya, his second tribute album in two years (after the Luiz Gonzaga songbook Me, You, Them), Gil astonishingly supplants the formidable personality of Bob Marley and interprets his songs with a strength and vitality that would've found any of his contemporaries lacking. Though he traveled to Tuff Gong studios and worked with the seminal backing vocal group the I-Threes (including Marley's wife, Rita), Gil kept his own band, and they prove their resilience by never deserting their Brazilian focus. Bassist Arthur Maia has a command of the low frequencies that certainly evokes the rocksteady rhythms of reggae, but there isn't much else that sounds Jamaican, besides a sense of space and swing to the arrangements common to many South American forms. The only caveat to Kaya N'Gan Daya is Gil's inability to summon the rebel authority necessary for the classic protest songs "One Drop," "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)," and "Rebel Music." He certainly makes up for it, though, on his versions of lighter material like "Positive Vibration," "Three Little Birds," and the title track (each of which could easily be a Gil composition). In the end, it's largely because Gilberto Gil and Bob Marley meet as equals that Gil is able to take on the difficult task of paying tribute to one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - Noel Williams, Composer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - I-Three, FeaturedArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Gilberto Gil, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - I-Three, FeaturedArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Vincent Ford, Composer - Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Os Paralamas Do Sucesso, FeaturedArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - I-Three, FeaturedArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Samuel Rosa, FeaturedArtist - Bob Marley, Writer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - Henrique Portugal, FeaturedArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - Hugh Peart, Composer - Aston Barrett, Composer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Os Paralamas Do Sucesso, FeaturedArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - Carleton Barrett, Composer - Alexander Leghorn Coghile, Composer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Capone, Producer - Rita Marley, FeaturedArtist - I-Three, FeaturedArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Bob Marley, Writer - Gilberto Gil, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Album review
Perhaps no one in the world outside Jamaica is better equipped to perform a Bob Marley tribute than Gilberto Gil. The two are very nearly equals; Gil meant as much to residents of Brazil as Marley did to Jamaicans -- even though popularity in Brazil means competing in a very crowded field. Gil is also an exact contemporary of Marley's (he is three years older, but began recording at the same time) and, like Marley, arrived at a distinctive sound only after years of working in the local vernacular. (For Marley it was ska and rocksteady, while for Gil it was bossa nova and samba.) He does owe a debt of gratitude to Bob Marley, however, for it was Marley's global stardom during the '70s that enabled Gil to begin making an impact overseas (especially in Africa). For Kaya N'Gan Daya, his second tribute album in two years (after the Luiz Gonzaga songbook Me, You, Them), Gil astonishingly supplants the formidable personality of Bob Marley and interprets his songs with a strength and vitality that would've found any of his contemporaries lacking. Though he traveled to Tuff Gong studios and worked with the seminal backing vocal group the I-Threes (including Marley's wife, Rita), Gil kept his own band, and they prove their resilience by never deserting their Brazilian focus. Bassist Arthur Maia has a command of the low frequencies that certainly evokes the rocksteady rhythms of reggae, but there isn't much else that sounds Jamaican, besides a sense of space and swing to the arrangements common to many South American forms. The only caveat to Kaya N'Gan Daya is Gil's inability to summon the rebel authority necessary for the classic protest songs "One Drop," "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)," and "Rebel Music." He certainly makes up for it, though, on his versions of lighter material like "Positive Vibration," "Three Little Birds," and the title track (each of which could easily be a Gil composition). In the end, it's largely because Gilberto Gil and Bob Marley meet as equals that Gil is able to take on the difficult task of paying tribute to one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:06
- Main artists: Gilberto Gil
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: WM Brazil
- Genre: World Brazil Bossa Nova
© 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda. ℗ 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
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