George Duke ”A Brazilian Love Affair”

George Duke

”A Brazilian Love Affair”
( LP Epic Records, 1979 )
Catalog # FE 36483

Tracklisting:
A1 Brazilian Love Affair (7:24)
A2 Summer Breezin’ (4:49)
A3 Cravo And Canela (3:06)
A4 Alone – 6am (1:07)
A5 Brazilian Sugar (5:35)
B1 Sugar Loaf Mountain (4:11)
B2 Love Reborn (4:28)
B3 Up From The Sea It Arose And Ate Rio In One Swift Bite (5:24)
B4 I Need You Now (4:43)
B5 Ao Que Vai Nascer (3:30)

Credits:
Engineer – Kerry McNabb
Producer – George Duke

Notes:
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1979

Review:
George Duke had been fairly visible in the R&B world thanks to funk gems like “Reach for It” and “Dukey Stick” when he ventured to Rio to record A Brazilian Love Affair, a superb date employing such greats as singers Flora Purim and Milton Nascimento and percussionist Airto Moreira.
Although not the return to instrumental jazz some hoped it would be, this heartfelt effort does contain its share of jazz-influenced material. From a jazz standpoint, the CD’s most noteworthy songs include Nascimento’s “Cravo e Canela,” the charming “Brazilian Sugar,” “Love Reborn,” and the exuberant “Up from the Sea It Arose and Ate Rio in One Swift Bite.” Meanwhile, Nascimento’s vocal on the ballad “Ao Que Vai Nascer” is a fine example of Brazilian pop at its most sensuous.
But however one labels or categorizes this music, the album is clearly a labor of love from start to finish.
By Alex Henderson (AMG)

Andy’s Note:
One of my “Favourite Sounds” I almost wore out the title track
before finding out how good the rest of the album was.

By Andy