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1979 studio album by Sarah Vaughan
Copacabana
is a 1979 album by
Sarah Vaughan
. It was Vaughan's second album of
bossa nova
following
I Love Brazil!
; her third album of Brazilian music,
Brazilian Romance
followed in 1987.
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Reception
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Although the contemporaneous review by
Los Angeles Times
jazz critic
Leonard Feather
was somewhat mixed, he did not fault the featured artist:
That this set does not reach the consistent heights of its predecessor, "I Love Brazil," cannot be blamed on Vaughan. The difference lies in the accompaniment, which this time is spotty. Who needs that unison choir background on "Smiling Hour"? Vaughan is not
Mitch Miller
. The simplistic percussion on "Bonita" could be a metronome. Still,
Helio Delmiro
's guitar, an unidentified cello and the incomparable Vaughan contralto applied to "
Dindi
," "Gentle Rain" and
Jobim
's "Double Rainbow" (English lyrics by
Gene Lees
) elevate this to 3½ stars.
[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
awarded the album a maximum four-star rating, and commented that the bossa nova and samba repertoire on it was “unexpectedly strong for Vaughan.”
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Track listing
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- "Copacabana" (Joao DeBarro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 3:39
- "The Smiling Hour (Abre Alas)" (
Ivan Lins
,
Vitor Martins
, Louis Oliveira) - 4:19
- "To Say Goodbye (Pra Dizer Adeus)" (Hall, Lobo, Neto) - 3:49
- "
Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando)
" (
Antonio Carlos Jobim
,
Gene Lees
) - 3:41
- "
Gentle Rain
" (
Luiz Bonfa
, Matt Dubey) - 2:50
- "Tete" (Boscoli,
Ray Gilbert
, Menescal) - 4:41
- "
Dindi
" (Gilbert, Jobim) - 5:32
- "Double Rainbow (Chovendo Na Roseira)" (Jobim, Lees) - 3:34
- "
Bonita
" (Lees, Gilbert, Jobim) - 3:54
Personnel
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- Performance
- Production
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