Courage (Milton Nascimento album)

Courage
Studio album by Milton Nascimento
Released	1969
Recorded	December 19, 1968 and February 26 & 27, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:45
Label	A&M/CTI SP 3019
Producer	Creed Taylor
Milton Nascimento chronology
Milton Nascimento (1969) Courage (1969) Milton (1970)

Courage is an album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Milton Nascimento featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.

Track listing

All compositions by Milton Nascimento except where noted

1. "Bridges (Travessia)" (Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees) - 3:52
2. "Vera Cruz" - 3:12
3. "Tres Pontas" - 2:45
4. "Outubro (October)" (Brant, Nascimento) - 4:12
5. "Courage" (Nascimento, Paul Williams) - 3:25
6. "Rio Vermelho" - 3:23
7. "Gira Girou (Round and Round)" - 3:26
8. "Morro Velho" - 4:28
9. "Catavento" - 2:31
10. "Canção do Sal" - 3:07

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on December 19, 1968 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8), February 26 (tracks 2, 6, 7 & 10) and February 27 (tracks 5, 8 & 9), 1969

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic reviewer calls the album "a masterpiece, a gorgeously executed tour through his early songs... To some admirers, Courage remains his best record, period".

Personnel

• Milton Nascimento - vocals and guitar
• Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, John Messner, Tony Studd, Bill Watrous, Chauncey Welsch - trombone
• Burt Collins, Marvin Stamm - flugelhorn
• Ray Alonge, Joe DeAngelis, Paul Ingraham - French horn
• George Marge - clarinet
• Danny Bank, Harvey Estrin, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Bill Slapin, Joe Soldo - flute
• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Eumir Deodato - organ, arranger, conductor
• Jose Marino - bass
• João Palma - drums
• Airto Moreira - percussion
• David Nadien, Anahid Ajemian, Frederick Buldrini, Alexander Cores, Harry Cykman, Lewis Eley, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Joyce Robbins, Tosha Samaroff, Avram Weiss, Jack Zatde, Joseph Zwilich - violin
• Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, Theodore Israel, David Mankovitz, Emanuel Vardi - viola
• Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello
• Anamaria Valle - vocal