The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
Masking and social distancing are still my mantra in maintaining my health and this pandemic has given me a great opportunity to sit and listen to albums I have’nt in a long time. So as I revisit my music collection this week I place on the turntable the 1977 studio album by Sarah Vaughan titled I Love Brazil! If you love Vaughan’s voice and the music of Brazil, you will want this in your collection.
The session was recorded on October 31 ~ November 7, 1977 and was her first album released on Pablo Records. This was Vaughan’s first but not last foray into Brazilian music, bossa nova and mpb. It was followed by Copacabana in 1979, and Brazilian Romance in 1987.
Track Listing | 54:43- If You Went Away | Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Ray Gilbert, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) ~ 4:25
- Triste (Antônio Carlos Jobim) ~ 2:58
- Roses and Roses | Das Rosas (Dorival Caymmi, Gilbert) ~ 3:23
- Empty Faces | Vera Cruz (Lani Hall, Milton Nascimento) ~ 6:26
- I Live to Love You | Morrer de Amor (Oscar Castro-Neves, Luverci Fiorini, Gilbert) ~ 3:54
- The Face I Love | Seu Encanto (Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, M. Valle) ~ 3:29
- Courage | Coragem (Nascimento, Cootie Williams) ~ 3:42
- The Day It Rained | Chuva (Pedro Camargo, Durval Ferreira, Gilbert) ~ 4:40
- A Little Tear | Razão de Viver (Deodato, Gilbert, P.S. Valle) ~ 4:07
- Like a Lover | Cantador (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta) ~ 4:45
- Bridges | Travessia (Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees) ~ 4:12
- Someone to Light Up My Life | Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Vocë (Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Lees) ~ 3:26
- Sarah Vaughan ~ vocals
- Dorival Caymmi – vocals (3)
- Milton Nascimento – acoustic guitar, vocals (4,7,11)
- Dori Caymmi – acoustic guitar, vocals (10)
- Nelson Angelo – electric guitar (4,7,11)
- Hélio Delmiro – electric guitar (1-3,6,8-9,12)
- Danilo Caymmi – flute (4,7,11)
- Paulo Jobim – flute (4,7,11)
- Mauricio Einhorn – harmonica (8)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano (2,12)
- José Roberto Bertrami – electric piano (1-3,6,8-9), organ (4,7,11)
- Edson Frederico – orchestration (1-3,5-6,8-9,12), piano (5)
- Sergio Barroso – acoustic bass (1-2,6,9,12)
- Claudio Bertrami – acoustic bass (3,8)
- Novelli – electric bass (4,7,11)
- Wilson das Neves – drums (1-3,6,8-9,12)
- Robertinho Silva – (4,7,11)
- Ariovaldo – percussion (1-4,6-7,9,11-12)
- Chico Batera – percussion (1-4,6-7,9,11-12)
- Luna – percussion (12)
- Marçal – percussion (12)
- Durval Ferreira – creative director
- Sheldon Marks – design, layout design
- Norman Granz – design, layout design, liner notes
- Mário Jorge Bruno – engineer
- Tamaki Beck – mastering
- Aloísio de Oliveira – producer
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