Brazilian Romance

Brazilian Romance
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedJanuary, February, 1987
GenreBossa nova, Vocal jazz
Length35:26
LabelColumbia
ProducerSérgio Mendes
Sarah Vaughan chronology
The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live!
(1984)
Brazilian Romance
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
New Musical Express5/10[2]

Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.

This was Vaughan's last album, though she later contributed to Quincy Jones' 1989 Back on the Block. Brazilian Romance was Vaughan's third album of Brazilian music, following Copacabana (1979) and I Love Brazil! (1977)

Vaughan was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Make This City Ours Tonight" ("Cançâo do sal") (Tracy Mann, Milton Nascimento) – 2:57
  2. "Romance" (Danilo Caymmi, Mann, Paulo César Pinheiro) – 3:30
  3. "Love and Passion" ("Amor e Paixão") (Mann, Nascimento) – 3:58
  4. "So Many Stars" (Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Sérgio Mendes) – 4:07
  5. "Photograph" ("Tati, a Garota") (Dori Caymmi, Mann, Paulo César Pinheiro) – 2:31
  6. "Nothing Will Be as It Was" ("Nada Será Como Antes)" (Ronaldo Bastos, Nascimento, René Vicent) – 4:44
  7. "It's Simple" (Caymmi, Mann, Pinheiro) – 2:58
  8. "Obsession" (Caymmi, Mann, Gilson Peranzzetta) – 3:09
  9. "Wanting More" ("O que se Sabe da Cor") (Fernando Leporace, Mann) – 3:54
  10. "Your Smile" ("Estrela da Terra") (Caymmi, Pinheiro, Wolf) – 3:08

Personnel

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocal
  • Milton Nascimento – vocals
  • George Duke – keyboard
  • Alphonso Johnson – bass
  • Dann Huff – guitar
  • Dori Caymmi – guitar, arranger
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Hubert Laws – flute solo on "Obsession"
  • Tom Scott – lyricon solo on "Love and Passion", tenor saxophone solo on "Make This City Ours Tonight"
  • Ernie Watts – alto saxophone solo on "Nothing Will Be as It Was"
  • Marcio Montarroyos – flugelhorn solo on "Romance", trumpet solo on "Make This City Ours Tonight"
  • Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass on "Photograph"
  • Siedah Garrett – background vocal on "Your Smile"
  • Gracinha Leporace – background vocal on "Your Smile"
  • Kate Markowitz – background vocal on "Your Smile"
  • Gordon Marron – violin
  • Barry Socher
  • Wilbert Nuttycombe
  • Robert Sanov
  • Jay Rosen
  • Shari Zippert
  • Ronald Folson
  • Irving Geller
  • Jean Hugo
  • Connie Kupka
  • Arthur Zadinsky
  • Bill Hybel
  • Marilyn Graham
  • Joseph Goodman
  • R. Hill
  • Kenneth Burward-Hoy – viola
  • Gareth Nuttycombe
  • Marilyn H. Baker
  • Herschel Wise
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Larry Corbett
  • David Speltz
  • Todd Hemenway
  • Gayle Levant – harp

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Dellar, Fred (2 January 1988). "Manhattan Transfer: Brasil / Sarah Vaughan: Brazilian Romance". New Musical Express. p. 25.
  3. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio: Block Communications. January 13, 1989. Retrieved June 17, 2010.