Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento and Portland artist Esperanza Spalding recently announced their joint album Milton + Esperanza. They released “Outubro” earlier and now present “Um Vento Passou” featuring Paul Simon.
In a video, Spalding discusses how Simon got involved, stating:
After we started recording it, the more I heard the melody the more I was like “This really is like Paul Simon. It sounds like his character.” And I knew that he loved you, because he sang on your record and you sang on his record. I knew Paul Simon; I think I met him in the studio once when I was doing my record and we had a nice connection. So I reached out to his people and I was like, “Hey, Milton wrote this song for you. Do you want to sing it?” He said yes. And when we talked on the phone, I said, “You know, it has Portuguese lyrics,” and he said, “I want to learn them, I want to do them.” So I heard he took two weeks just studying the song, learning the words, recording himself, and that’s such a special duo, you and him. The song you wrote for him, you know? Now he’s singing for you. It’s so beautiful.
Listen to “Um Vento Passou” and watch the video below.
Milton + Esperanza will be released on 8/9 via Concord Records.
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