Brazilian Romance

Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.

Brazilian Romance
Studio album by Sarah Vaughan
Released	1987
Recorded	January, February, 1987
Genre	Bossa nova, Vocal jazz
Length	35:26
Label	Columbia
Producer	Sérgio Mendes
Sarah Vaughan chronology
The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live! (1984) Brazilian Romance (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
New Musical Express	5/10[2]

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

• Sarah Vaughan – vocal
• Milton Nascimento – vocal duet on "Love and Passion"
• George Duke – piano, keyboards
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar
• Dann Huff – guitar
• Dori Caymmi – guitar, arrangements
• 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, Gracinha Leporace, Kate Markowitz – background vocals on "Your Smile"
• Gordon Marron, 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 - violin
• Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Gareth Nuttycombe, Marilyn H. Baker, Herschel Wise - viola
• Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, David Speltz, Todd Hemenway - cello
• Gayle Levant – harp