Brazilian Romance

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Brazilian Romance
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Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedJanuary, February, 1987
Genre Bossa nova, Vocal jazz
Length35:26
Label Columbia
Producer Sérgio Mendes
Sarah Vaughan chronology
The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live!
(1984)
Brazilian Romance
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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New Musical Express 5/10 [2]

Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.

Contents

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

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.