Documents from Gilberto Gil's Private Archive

28 VINEYARDISTAR SONG 923 CHORDANT 29 21 3 REALITY CHECK 30 39 10 SMALLTOWN POETS CHANGE MY HEART OH GOD. VOLUME 2 REALITY CHECK SY SONG 0158/CHORDANT SMALLTOWN POETS OUT OF THE GREY (32 NEW GRAMMATRAIN 33 34 29 OUT OF EDEN 31 31 12 DEFRONT 5163/CHORDANT SFARROW 1563/CHORDANT HS FOREFRONT 5164/CHORDANT GOTEE 3926/WORD ES (SEE INSIDE) FLYING MORE THAN YOU KNOW UNDER THE INFLUENCE PLUMB CORRIDORS PRAY GREATEST HITS VIRTUE (THE GREATEST PART OF ME) NO GREATER SACRIFICE certain 01 les of 500,000 units: A RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIAA multiples shipments by the number of discs andor tapes. All albums available on cassette and CD. Aster- isk indicates vinyl available. HS indicates past or present Heatseeker title. 1997, Billboard/EPI Communications. 34 30 35 ANOINTED 35 374 PLUMB 36 194 37 RE-ENTRY 38 RE-ENTRY 39 33 6 40 MYRRH 7006/WORD FS BRENTWOOD 70008 JOHN ELEFANTE PAMPLIN 9701 ANDRAE CROUCH WEST/WARNER ALLIANCE 46511/WCD BEBE & CECE WINANS SPARROW 7048/CHORDANT VIRTUE VERITY 50032/BRENTWOOD 35 37 RAY BOLTZ WORD 9937 BRAZIL'S GIL PONDERS (Continued from preceding page) version of "No Woman No Cry" that was a huge smash in Brazil. In 1979 he toured Brazil with reg- gae titan Jimmy Cliff. Gil was right in the middle of Brazilian rock's rebirth in the early '80s with the albums "Raça Humana" and "Tempo Rei." IMPACT OF SCIENCE In the early '90s, Gil demon- strated another innovative side by being the first to reflect upon the contradictions of Brazilian mod ernization with his disc "Parabóli- 30 camara." On "Quanta," Gil laid down a track with famed singer Milton Nascimento, a tropicalismo-era counterpart with whom Gil never had a close relationship. "We met at social occasions, and that was all," recalls Gil. "Then two years ago, we had a conversa- tion on a plane, and I invited him to sing the title song of 'Quanta with me. (Continued on next page) NOTES by Jim Macnie CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. Look at the legalese on the back cover of "The Sign Of 4," the recent and beautifully crazed collaboration between Pat Metheny and Derek Bailey on Knitting Factory Works, and you'll see the notice "Pat Metheny appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc." Hmmm. Isn't Pat a part of the Geffen ranks? Nope, the Geffen legal department says that his contract expired in September of '96. A free agent. So maybe this small print substantiates the long-circulated rumor that the highly suc- cessful guitarist/composer, one of jazz's hottest properties, will be spending the next chunk of his artistic time at new home? "Yes, Pat has signed with Warners," says the gui- tarist's manager, David Sholemson. The first release, set for Oct. 7, is by the Pat Metheny Group, his longstanding ensemble that includes Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Paul Wertico, David Blamires, Mark Ledford, and Luis Conte. The band just finished mixing the disc, according to Sholemson. Metheny's been inching toward the label for a while. He's participated on two discs by two of Warner's hippest improvisers, Joshua Redman and Kenny Garrett. The former's 1993 outing "Wish" featured Pat's bop side, and the guitarist was part of the latter's quartet on last year's examination of John Coltrane's music, “Pursuance." He also spent part of last summer sharing the stage with Garrett. Metheny spent the late 1970s and mid '80s with ECM, then he moved to Geffen. His successes there were many. With the ink dry on the Warner Bros. deal, the imprint has itself one of modern jazz's more commercially reliable and artistically daring artists. SIGNINGS: Saxophonist Mark Shim, a young veteran of Betty Carter's ensemble, has hooked himself up to the Blue Note wagon; so has drummer Bride Blade, who made a name for himself with Joshua Redman and then opened Suelan mar. Anderson Olu Dara David Murr: orful ensembl Blue Note dis is also in neg coming aboa Mark Tur player, is also the release of the Dutch C him fulfilling Matt Pierso Tenors," rele: with master adventurous Pierson, and he's combine the Warne The rapport immediately strong date. DATA: Con Ted Kurland books live pe take the stag cessful "Jazz has been cho annual Djang leader will be broadcast Ju guitarist's la ... The crew a jazz saxop spent June Code" was w was in the ti Shorter play Stones disc,