Gil e Jorge is a 1975

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-January–April:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....

 album featuring collaboration between Brazilian musicians Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil

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. The two perform together alongside percussionist Djalma Corrèa on each of the songs, improvising

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 and interacting directly throughout. The songs "Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem" and "Taj Mahal" first appeared in different incarnations on Ben's 1972

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-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...

 album Ben. Likewise, Gil's songs "Nêga" and "Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" showed up earlier in alternate arrangements on his 1971

1971 in music

-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...

 album Gilberto Gil and his 1975 album Refazenda, respectively.

It was listed by Rolling Stone

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Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.

Track listing

1. "Meu Glorioso São Cristóvão" (Ben) - 8:13
2. "Nêga" (Gil) - 10:37
3. "Jurubeba" (Gil) - 11:40
4. "Quem Mandou (Pé na Estrada)" (Ben) - 6:52
5. "Taj Mahal" (Ben) - 14:46
6. "Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem" (Ben) - 6:10
7. "Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" (Gil) - 6:14
8. "Filhos de Gandhi" (Gil) - 13:11
9. "Sarro" (Ben, Gil) - 1:09

Personnel

• Jorge Ben - vocals, violão
• Gilberto Gil - vocals, violão
• Djalma Corrêa - percussion
• Wagner Dias - bass
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Credits

• Art Direction – Jorge Vianna
• Design – Aldo Luiz, Rogério Duarte
• Mastered By – Joaquim Figueira
• Photography – João Castrioto
• Producer [Direction] – Paulinho Tapajós, Perinho Albuquerque
• Technician [Recording] – Ary, João Moreira, Luigi, Luis Claudio