Gilberto Gil Records Marley Album

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Brazilian pop music star Gilberto Gil has recorded an album of Bob Marley songs in Jamaica that will be released as a tribute to the reggae legend.
A spokeswoman for the Tuff Gong record company said Friday that the record would come out in early 2002.

Gil, 59, has been at the Tuff Gong studios for the past two weeks recording 12 tracks with local musicians and the I-Three, Marley's former group, said Lorna Wainwright, studio manager for the record label created by Marley. Gil put a Brazilian spin on several Marley staples such as "Could You Be Loved'' and "Rastaman Vibration,'' said Wainwright.
Gil also covered "Lick Samba'', originally recorded while Marley was a struggling musician in the late 1960s.

Bob Marley died 20 years ago of cancer at the age of 36.
Gil began recording in 1967 and has worked with leading pop figures including Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd and Rod Stewart.