Time Out
New York
March 15-21, 2007 Time Out New York 135
Gilberto Gil
Gil Luminoso (DRG; Brazil)
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
gymnastics that connote his
limiting the verbal and rhythmic
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 to hear him this week.
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Fri
Laurie Anderson
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.
Sat
St. Patrick's Day
We didn't get
Pogues tickets
either--try Black 47 at B.B.'s or
Joe Hurley's 8th Annual All-Star
Irish Rock Revue at Bowery
Ballroom to get your fix.
..
Fujiya & Miyagi
Hear krautrock
rhythms put to
perfect pop use tonight at
Mercury Lounge.
Sun
Mons
Planist Iyer's duos are always
powerful events-one of his three
tonight is with the stellar organist
Amina Claudine Myers.
No Minimum:
Tue
Gilberto Gil
These days,
Brazil's
slegend
keeps busy as its minister of
culture-best not to pass up a
chance to catch him.
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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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