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Native Dancer is an album by Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento, 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.

AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4 stars stating “Native Dancer is clearly among Shorter’s most essential albums.”

Track listing:
“Ponta de Areia” (Milton Nascimento) – 5:18
“Beauty and the Beast” (Wayne Shorter) – 5:04
“Tarde” (Fernando Brant, Nascimento) – 5:49
“Miracle of the Fishes” (Brant, Nascimento) – 4:48
“Diana” (Shorter) – 3:04
“From the Lonely Afternoons” (Brant, Nascimento) – 3:15
“Ana Maria” (Shorter) – 5:10
“Lilia” (Nascimento) – 7:03
“Joanna’s Theme” (Herbie Hancock) – 4:17

Personnel:
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
Milton Nascimento – guitar, vocals
David Amaro – guitar
Jay Graydon – guitar
Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards
Wagner Tiso – organ, piano
Dave McDaniel – bass
Roberto Silva – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion

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Released: September 12, 1974
Recorded: 1974
Los Angeles, CA
Length: 41:41
Label: Columbia
Producer: Jim Price, Nedra Neal