Like many who first heard the voice of Milton Nascimento on Wayne Shorter's 1975 album Native Dancer, it was a moment hard to forget: that infinitely flexible, highly-pitched instrument whose sensitivity and sensuality seemed burned into the consonants of each word.
Properly credited on the cover as a featured artist, it was also a two-way street: obscure outside Brazil before the appearance of the album, he became a worldwide star for the next half century.
Esperanza Spalding first heard Milton on 'Native Dancer, too, although this was decades after its release, at a dinner party with Brazilian friends. She later worked with him - introduced by Herbie Hancock - and has been a friend for a long time now.
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