Brazilian Romance

Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.

Brazilian Romance
Studio album by
Sarah Vaughan
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]

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.[2]

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 Basos, Nascimento, Renne Vincent) - 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 Leoporace, 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
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "List of Grammy nominees". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio: Block Communications. January 13, 1989. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
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