Brasil (Manhattan Transfer Album)

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Brazil
The Manhattan Transfer studio album

Publication
(s)

1987

Label (s) Atlantic Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

9

running time

41:32

occupation
  • Jamal Joanes dos Santos: Bass
  • Buddy Williams: drums
  • John Robinson: drums
  • Victor Biglione: guitar
  • Wayne Johnson: guitar
  • Frank Colon: Percussion
  • Uakti (band): percussion
  • Yaron Gesrowsky: piano

Studio (s)

Ocean Way Studios, Studio 55, JHL Studios, Bill Snow Studio, Gray Room, Skip Saylor Recording, Los Angeles, California; Som Livre Studios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

chronology
Man Torah! Live In Tokyo
(1987) 		Brazil The Offbeat of Avenues
(1991)

Brasil is a jazz album by The Manhattan Transfer group that was released on November 15, 1987 on Atlantic Records .

background

The album was the group's new foray into Brazilian music. The group worked with well-known Brazilian performers and songwriters such as Ivan Lins , Milton Nascimento , Djavan and Gilberto Gil .

The album contains five pieces by Djavan, who also appeared as a singer on the songs Soul Food to Go and Capim . The Dadaist text for Soul Food to Go is by Doug Fieger of the group The Knack , who also had the number one hit My Sharona in 1979 . The tenor saxophone solo on Capim is played by Stan Getz .

Milton Nascimento, who wrote the piece Jungle Pioneer , was also called in as a vocal soloist in his piece. Two other pieces are by Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins.

The piece Hear the voices comes from the famous Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil. After the initial recordings, the songs were rearranged and sung with English lyrics.

The album is characterized by a mixture of Brazilian rhythms with the distinctive vocals of The Manhattan Transfer and influences from American jazz and pop.

successes

The album won a Grammy for Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . The song Soul Food to Go peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary chart. Richard Ginell rated the album on allmusic.com as "one of their greatest achievements, right next to extensions and vocalese ."

Track list

  1. Soul Food to Go (Djavan) - 5:08
  2. The Zoo Blues (Djavan) - 3:55
  3. So You Say (Djavan) - 4:47
  4. Capim (Djavan) - 4:58
  5. Metropolis (Ivan Lins / Vitor Martins) - 4:15
  6. Hear the Voices (Gilberto Gil) - 4:06
  7. Agua (Djavan) - 5:08
  8. The Jungle Pioneer (Milton Nascimento / Marcio Borges) - 3:30
  9. Notes from the Underground (Ivan Lins / Vitor Martins) - 5:45

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review of Brasil at allmusic.com . www.allmusic.com. Retrieved January 3, 2010.

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