Documentos do Arquivo Pessoal de Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil, above, and Gal Costa get tropical Saturday a tur da y a pril Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa: Best known today for his style of crowd-pleasing, politicized bossa nova and samba, Gilberto Gil is just as likely to launch Sinto a haunting Brazilian-tinged cover of Hendrix's "Up from the Skies" when he performs tonight at 8:00 at the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts (1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach). As leaders of the Tropicalia move ment in the late Sixties, Gil, Gal Costa, and other musicians from Bahia (the Carnaval capital) wrote the score for Brazil's usher- ing into the information age. Their music plugged ethnic rhythms and national issues into the global-rock revolution, defining a new cultural identity for Brazilian youth. Twenty-five years later, Gil remains a politi- March 31-April 6, 1994 cal figure and international pop idol whose territory, in one critic's words, is "where African deities meet the satellite dish. Costa, known as "the first lady of Brazilian song." has performed the music of most of Brazil's major composers and recorded more than twenty albums. Gil and Gal reunite here to celebrate the anniversary of Tropicalia with Brazilian music and interna tional style. Tickets are $25 and $35. Feel the tropical breeze at 673-7300. (C)