Rendezvous in Rio

Rendezvous in Rio
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	June 27, 2006 (2006-06-27)
Studio	Off The Wall Studios (West Caldwell, New Jersey) La Cocina Studios (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) NRS Recording Studio (Catskill, New York) JHL Sound (Pacific Palisades, California) Dogmatic Sound (Burbank, California) Hedgehog Sound Burning Down The House
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	52:33
Label	Koch
Producer	Chuck Loeb Charles Blenzig Scott Petito Jeff Lorber Jimmy Haslip
Michael Franks chronology
Love Songs (2004) Rendezvous in Rio (2006) Michael Franks: Original Album Series (2010)

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AllMusic	[1]

Rendezvous in Rio is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 2006 with Koch Records. ^[2] It was Franks' sixteenth studio album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Under the Sun"		5:26
2.	"Rendezvous in Rio"	Franks, Charles Blenzig	5:36
3.	"The Cool School"		5:47
4.	"Samba Do Soho"	Paulo Jobim, Ronaldo Bastos	4:40
5.	"The Critics Are Never Kind"		5:16
6.	"Scatsville"		4:27
7.	"The Chemistry of Love"		4:24
8.	"Hearing "Take Five""		5:41
9.	"The Question Is Why"		4:30
10.	"Songbirds"		6:46

Personnel

• Michael Franks – vocals (1, 3, 5-10)
• Chuck Loeb – keyboards (1), synthesizer programming (1, 3), guitars (1, 3), arrangements (1, 3), acoustic piano (3)
• Charles Blenzig – keyboards (2, 4), programming (2, 4), arrangements (2, 4)
• David Sancious – keyboards (5, 10), acoustic piano solo (5)
• Scott Petito – additional keyboards (5, 10), bass (5, 10), arrangements (5, 10)
• Jeff Lorber – keyboards (6, 7), percussion programming (6, 7), arrangements (6, 7), drum programming (7)
• Roger Burn – keyboards (8, 9), acoustic piano (8), vibraphone (8), arrangements (8, 9)
• Romero Lubambo – guitars (2, 4)
• Mark Shulman – guitars (5, 10)
• Dwight Sills – guitars (6, 7)
• Mike DeMicco – guitar solo (10)
• Sergio Brandao – bass (2, 4)
• Alex Al – bass (6)
• Jimmy Haslip – electric bass (8, 9)
• Wolfgang Haffner – drums (1)
• Brian Dunne – drums (3)
• Jerry Marotta – drums (5, 10), percussion (5, 10)
• Michael White – drums (6)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (8, 9)
• Café – percussion (2, 4)
• Chris Hunter – saxophones (2), flute (2, 4)
• Gary Meek – sax section (6), tenor sax solo (6), flute (7)
• Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (8), tenor saxophone (9)
• Andy Suzuki – woodwinds (8, 9)
• Carmen Cuesta Loeb – vocals (1)
• Robbie Dupree – backing vocals (2), vocals (5)
• Veronica Nunn – backing vocals (2)
• Beth Reineke – backing vocals (2)
• Leslie Ritter – backing vocals (2, 10)
• Pamela Driggs – vocals (4)
• Larry Hoppen – vocals (5)

Production

• John Rosenberg – executive producer
• Dave Wilkes – A&R
• Chuck Loeb – producer (1, 3)
• Charles Blenzig – producer (2, 4)
• Jeff Lorber – producer (6, 7), recording (6, 7)
• Jimmy Haslip – producer (8, 9)
• Dennis Wall – mixing (1, 3)
• Scott Petito – recording (2, 4, 5, 10), producer (5, 10), vocal recording, mixing, mastering, assembling
• Derek Jones – recording (8, 9)
• Rich Breen – additional recording (8, 9), mixing (8, 9)
• David Channing – additional recording (8, 9)
• Megan Denver – art direction, design, additional photography
• Dennis Jeffrey – additional photography
• Dion Ogust – back cover photography
• Dick Jeffrey – cover painting

References

1. Edelstein, Paula. Rendezvous in Rio –Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
2. "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

Bibliography

• Rendezvous in Rio (CD booklet). Michael Franks. United States: Koch. 2006. KOC-CD-9964.