Brasil (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Occupation

• Cheryl Bentyne: Voice
• Janis Siegel: vocals
• Alan Paul: Vocals
• Abraham Laboriel: Bass
• Jamal Joanes Dos Santos: bass
• Nathan East: Bass
• Buddy Williams: drums
• John Robinson: Drums
• Dan Huff: Guitar
• Oscar Castro- Neves: guitar
• Toninho Horta: guitar
• Victor Biglione: Guitar
• Wayne Johnson: Guitar
• Djalma Correa: percussion
• Frank Colon: percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Uakti (Band): percussion
• Yaron Gesrowsky: Piano
• Stan Getz: tenor saxophone
• David Sanborn: alto saxophone
• Jeff Lorber: Synthesizer
• Larry Williams Synthesizer
• Wagner Tiso: Synthesizer
• Djavan: Voice
• Milton Nascimento: Voice

Brasil is a jazz album of the group The Manhattan Transfer, which was released by Atlantic Records on 15 November 1987.

Background

The album was a new tour of the group in the Brazilian music. The group worked together with famous Brazilian artists and songwriters as Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Djavan and Gilberto Gil.

The album includes five pieces of Djavan, who also performed as a singer with the songs Soul Food to Go and Capim. The Dadaist text from Soul Food to Go comes from Doug Fieger of the group The Knack, which had in 1979 also the number one hit My Sharona. The tenor saxophone solo on Capim is played by Stan Getz.

Even Milton Nascimento, who wrote the piece Jungle Pioneer, was involved in his play as a vocal soloist. Two other pieces come from Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins.

The piece Hear the voices comes from the famous Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil. After the first recordings the songs were re-arranged and sung with English lyrics.

The album is characterized by a mixture of Brazilian rhythms with the distinctive song of the Manhattan Transfer and influences from American jazz and pop.

Achievements

The album was awarded the Grammy in the category Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song Soul Food to Go reached # 25 on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary charts. Richard Ginell deemed the album at allmusic.com as "one of their greatest achievements, next Extensions and vocalese. "

Album pieces