Time Out
New York
March 15-21, 2007 Time Out New York 135
Gilberto Gil
Gil Luminoso (DRG: Brazil)
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Had Brazilian icon
Gilberto Gil
recorded this simple
voice and guitar
album a decade ago,
it might have been
saddled with the title
Unplugged.
And if it had been recorded then-
years before Gil's touring schedule
was interrupted by his current gig as
Brazil's minister of culture-it
would probably be considerably
more lively. Gil's voice is in great
shape, but it isn't until midway
through the disc that he issues a
whoop, scats or partakes of his
breathtaking falsetto (perhaps
fittingly, on the perennial crowd-
pleaser "Cérebro Eletrônico"). He's
offered songs from his early career
with scant accompaniment before
(search for 1994's
Acoustic, or 1975's
Jorge Ben collaboration Gil e Jorge)
but he's never rendered them while
limiting the verbal and rhythmic
gymnastics that connote his
genius.-K. Leander Williams
Gilberto Gil plays Carnegie Hall Tue 20
Music Listings
Don't miss!
Thu
Steve Kuhn Trio
The onetime
Coltrane pianist is
at the top of his game; he hits
with his trio at Birdland, one of
three ways hear him this week.
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• Laurie Anderson
Fri
It's a perfect time to
catch up with
Anderson: Between and amid
various projects, she'll play old
and new "hits" at Joe's Pub.
St. Patrick's Day
We didn't get
either-try Black 47 at B.B.'s or
Joe Hurley's 8th Annual All-Star
Irish Rock Revue at Bowery
Ballroom to get yourfix.
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Fujiya & Miyag
Hear krautrock
rhythms put to
perfect pop use tonight at
Mercury Lounge.
Sun
.
Mono
Pianist Iyer's duos are always
powerful events-one of his three
tonight is with the stellar organist
Amina Claudine Myers.
No Minimum:
Gllberto GHI
These days,
Brazil's legend
keeps busy as its minister of
culture—best not to pass up a
chance to catch him.
Wed
Beasts of
Bourbon
You bet they
know how to rawk In Australia
this rare appearance, at Crash
Mansion, is a must.
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