{{Infobox album | name = Gil e Jorge | type = studio | artist = Jorge Ben & Gilberto Gil | cover = gil_e_jorge.jpg | alt = | released = 1975 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Samba rock, MPB | length = | label = Verve | producer = Perinho Albuquerque | chronology = Jorge Ben | prev_title = Solta o Pavão | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = África Brasil | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Gilberto Gil | type = studio album | prev_title = Gilberto Gil ao vivo | prev_year = 1974 | title = Gil e Jorge | year = 1975 | next_title = Refazenda | next_year = 1975 }} }} '''''Gil e Jorge''''' is a 1975 album featuring collaboration between Brazilian musicians Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil. The two perform together alongside percussionist Djalma Corrêa on each of the songs, improvising and interacting directly throughout.<ref name="allmusic1"/> The album was released in Brazil under the title "Ogum Xangô" (the names of two Yoruba spirits) with a different cover.
== Critical reception == {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=John Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gil-e-jorge-mw0000611457 |title=Gil e Jorge – Gilberto Gil,Jorge Ben | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-04-22}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Tom Hull – on the Web'' | rev2Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=May 3, 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2940-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=May 7, 2021}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Village Voice'' |rev3score = A−<ref name="VV">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=6 April 1993|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv393-93.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> }} Reviewing the album's CD reissue in 1993, ''Village Voice'' critic Robert Christgau wrote:
{{quote|Always ready to go further out on a beat than the other samba/bossa geniuses, they walked into a studio in 1975 and spread nine songs over 78 minutes. With percussion up front and snatches of English on the order of 'Blue, blue sky/Blue, blue sea' reinforcing all the repetitions and nonsense syllables, the renowned lyricists were playing a rhythm game, and they won. They don't just vamp till ready—they vamp to live, vamp for the sheer open-ended joy of it.<ref name="VV"/>}}
AllMusic's John Bush believed it was by far the best album in Gil's discography.<ref name="allmusic1"/> In 2007, it was listed by ''Rolling Stone'' Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grandeabobora.com/rolling-stone-brasil-elege-os-100-melhores-discos-de-musica-brasileira.html |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091008045334/http://grandeabobora.com/rolling-stone-brasil-elege-os-100-melhores-discos-de-musica-brasileira.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2009-10-08 |title=Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira |date=2007-12-20 |publisher=Umas Linhas |language=Portuguese |accessdate=2009-04-20 }}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Meu Glorioso São Cristóvão" <small>(Ben)</small> – 8:13 # "Nêga" <small>(Gil)</small> – 10:37 # "Jurubeba" <small>(Gil)</small> – 11:40 # "Quem Mandou (Pé na Estrada)" <small>(Ben)</small> – 6:52 # "Taj Mahal" <small>(Ben)</small> – 14:46 # "Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem" <small>(Ben)</small> – 6:10 # "Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" <small>(Gil)</small> – 6:14 # "Filhos de Gandhi" <small>(Gil)</small> – 13:11 # "Sarro" <small>(Ben, Gil)</small> – 1:09
==Personnel== *Jorge Ben – vocals, violão *Gilberto Gil – vocals, violão *Djalma Corrêa – percussion *Wagner Dias – bass<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gil-e-jorge-mw0000611457/credits |title=Gil e Jorge – Gilberto Gil,Jorge Ben | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-04-22}}</ref>
==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
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{{Jorge Ben}} {{Gilberto Gil}}
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