Brazil (Rosemary Clooney album)

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Brazil
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2000
Recorded1999, 2000
Genre Vocal jazz, Bossa nova
Length54:06
Label Concord
Producer John Burk
Rosemary Clooney chronology
At Long Last
(1998)
Brazil
(2000)
Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band
(2001)
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Brazil is a 2000 album by Rosemary Clooney. John Pizzarelli accompanies Clooney on vocals on five of the tracks, and sings Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Wave". Diana Krall duets with Clooney on "The Boy from Ipanema". [2] The arrangements primarily feature woodwinds (including several flutes, and saxophone soloist Gary Foster and Nino Tempo), piano and guitar, and do not feature brass instruments.

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Track listing

  1. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) – 6:52
  2. "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)" (Vinícius de Moraes, Gene Lees, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 4:26
  3. "The Boy from Ipanema" (de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Jobim) – 4:04
  4. "Wave" (Jobim) – 3:36
  5. "Once I Loved" (de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Jobim) – 3:56
  6. "Desafinado" (de Moraes, Jon Hendricks) – 4:36
  7. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 2:34
  8. "One Note Samba" (Jon Hendricks, Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 3:05
  9. "How Insensitive" (de Moraes, Gimbel, Jobim) – 2:38
  10. "Let Go" (Baden Powell de Aquino) – 3:07
  11. "Dindi" (Aloysio de Oliveria, Gilbert, Jobim) – 4:14
  12. "Waters of March (Aguas de Março)" (Jobim) – 3:14
  13. "Meditation" (Gimbel, Jobim, Mendonça) – 4:40
  14. "Sweet Happy Life" (Luiz Bonfá, Gimbel, Antonio Maria de Moraes, Andre Michel Salvet) – 4:58
  15. "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Bonfá, Carl Sigman) – 3:19
  16. "Brazil (Reprise)" – 1:46

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