Copacabana (Sarah Vaughan album)
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Copacabana is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

. This was Vaughan's second album of Bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...

 following I Love Brazil!
I Love Brazil!
I Love Brazil! is a 1977 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by prominent Brazilian musicians Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi and Antonio Carlos Jobim....

and her third album of Brazilian music, Brazilian Romance
Brazilian Romance
Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.This was Vaughan's last album, though she later contributed to Quincy Jones' 1989 Back on the Block...

would follow in 1987.

Track listing

  1. "Copacabana" (Joao DeBarro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 3:39
  2. "The Smiling Hour (Abre Alas)" (Ivan Lins
    Ivan Lins
    Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...

    , Vitor Martins
    Vítor Martins
    Vítor Manuel Rosa Martins is a retired Portuguese footballer. He played for Benfica, as a midfielder.- External links :*...

    , Louis Oliveira) - 4:19
  3. "To Say Goodbye (Pra Dizer Adeus)" (Hall, Lobo, Neto) - 3:49
  4. "Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim
    Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...

    , Gene Lees
    Gene Lees
    Frederick Eugene John "Gene" Lees was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and former journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States where he was a music critic and lyricist...

    ) - 3:41
  5. "Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá
    Luiz Bonfá
    Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...

    , Matt Dubey) - 2:50
  6. "Tetê" (Boscoli, Ray Gilbert
    Ray Gilbert
    Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947.He married, in 1962, actress Janis Paige.Daughter, actress and singer Joanne Gilbert, July...

    , Menescal) - 4:41
  7. "Dindi
    Dindi
    "Dindi" is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveria. English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert. Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this piece especially for Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles whose nickname was Dindi...

    " (Gilbert, Jobim) - 5:32
  8. "Double Rainbow (Chovendo Na Roseira)" (Jobim, Lees) - 3:34
  9. "Bonita" (Gilbert, Jobim) - 3:54

Personnel

Performance
  • Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

     - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Helio Delmiro - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Andy Simpkins
    Andy Simpkins
    Andy Simpkins was an American jazz bassist.Born Andrew Simpkins in Richmond, Indiana, he first became known as a member of the group The Three Sounds, with which he performed from 1956 to 1968. After that, until 1974, he was a member of pianist George Shearing's group, and from 1979 to 1989 toured...

     - double bass
    Double bass
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  • Wilson DasNeves - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Grady Tate
    Grady Tate
    Grady Tate, , is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer.He has played with Lional Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count...

  • Edson Frederico - arranger
    Arrangement
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Production
  • Luiz Garrido - photography
  • Tamaki Beck - mastering
  • Aloysio de Oliveira - producer
    Record producer
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