A Brazilian Love Affair
by George Duke
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 May 1980
- Label: Epic
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:02
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
George Duke's 'A Brazilian Love Affair' was recorded with major Brazilian musicians and channels his fusion and funk vocabulary through Brazilian rhythmic and melodic settings. The album's sunny studio polish and cross-cultural collaborations made it one of his most celebrated solo releases.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, improvisation, fusion, groove-laden, vocal, percussive, melodic, synthesizers
Tracklist
- Brazilian Love Affair (7:22)
- Summer Breezin' (4:48)
- Cravo E Canela (3:05)
- Alone - 6am (1:07)
- Brazilian Sugar (5:33)
- Sugar Loaf Mountain (4:09)
- Love Reborn (4:27)
- Up From The Sea It Arose And Ate Rio In One Swift Bite (5:22)
- I Need You Now (4:42)
- Ao Que Vai Nascer (3:27)
Credits
- Byron Miller - bass
- Ricky Lawson - drums
- Roland Bautista - guitar, electric guitar
- Airto Moreira - percussion, shaker, surdo, tambourine, percussion [various]
- Toninho Horta - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Robertinho Silva - drums, agog么, caixa, drums, talking drum, agog么, drums, percussion [apito], tamborim
- Jerry Hey - flugelhorn, trumpet, flugelhorn [solo]
- Chico Batera - percussion, ganz谩, congas, percussion [rotonton], reco-reco, triangle, agog么, bongos, caxixi, congas, shekere, tamborim, triangle, castanets