Milton Nascimento's international debut, with Deodato arrangements and slick production from Creed Taylor's nascent CTI imprint. This makes it a bit of an outlier in his early catalogue, as do the two English-language songs, but it works beautifully on its own merits. The album definitely made an impression on Stanley Turrentine, who would shortly base an album around two of the tracks here: Vera Cruz and Canção do Sal, aka
Salt Song. In a way, the lush, jazzy arrangements on this album anticipate Nascimento's later work with
Wayne Shorter. Even at this early stage, Nascimento's unique voice and heartfelt songwriting are the main draws that elevate Courage from just another gorgeous-sounding CTI record to something truly timeless.
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I had no idea of that connection between Stanley Turrentine and Milton. I recently picked up Salt Song and thoroughly enjoy it. Thanks for the excellent background history on your posts. Always informative and top notch choices.
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