A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins

Performer: Various Artists/Jason Miles
Engineer: Jason Miles; Doug Oberkircher; David "E-Man" Ward; David Ward II; Joe Chiccarelli; Michael Bishop; Steve Addabbo; Steve Gaboury; Noah Simon
Producer: Jason Miles; Rob Mathis; Michael Bishop; Rob Mathes; Jason Miles (Compilation)
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Includes liner notes by Jason Miles & Oscar Castro-Neves. "She Walks This Earth (Soberanna Rosa)" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Camaleao" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Tributee: Ivan Lins. Personnel: Jason Miles (organ, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, programming, drum programming, percussion programming); Peter White (vocals, guitar); Ivan Lins (vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, background vocals); Chaka Khan (vocals, background vocals); Dianne Reeves, Freddy Cole, James "D-Train" Williams , Lauren Kinhan, Lisa Fischer, Lisa Fisher, Marcus Miller, Peter Eldridge, Sting, Vanessa Williams , New York Voices, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian, Brenda Russell (vocals); Romero Lubambo (guitar, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, background vocals); Chuck Loeb, Dean Brown (guitar, electric guitar); Michael Brecker (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Grover Washington, Jr. (soprano saxophone); Dave Koz, Jay Beckstein, Jay Beckenstein (alto saxophone); Bob Berg (tenor saxophone); Jim Pugh (trombone); Oscar Hernandez (piano, electric piano); Joe Sample (piano); Rob Mathis, Rob Mathes (keyboards, programming); Pamela Driggs (keyboards, background vocals); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Cyro Baptista (shaker, percussion); Marc Qui�ones (percussion). Audio Mixers: Doug Oberkircher; Michael Bishop . Liner Note Authors: Jason Miles; Oscar Castro-Neves. Recording information: BearTracks, Suffern, NY; Hanibe Studios, Santa Monica, CA; Little Bear, Suffern, NY; Live Wire, New York, NY; Shelter Island Sound, New York, NY; Shelter, Island, New York, NY; Sony Studios, Santa Monica, CA; SOun On Sound, New York, NY; Sound on Sound, New York, NY; Suma Recording Studios, Painesville, OH; The Clubhouse, Orange County, NY. Illustrator: Ruth Brown. Arrangers: Jason Miles; Rob Mathis; Ivan Lins; Rob Mathes; Darmon Meader. Bring together an all-star lineup of singers and musicians, match them with accessibly romantic melodies and radio-friendly arrangements, and the results will either be lightweight pabulum or superb high-quality pop music. In the case of producer Jason Miles' A Love Affair, it's unquestionably the latter. Even after 30 years on the world music scene, Brazilian musician/composer Ivan Lins may not have had a high profile. However, as this tribute recording demonstrates, his music is as fine as anything that has come out of his native country since the bossa nova heyday of the early '60s. Taken individually, each of these songs is a piece of joyous musical exuberance. Taken as a whole, this recording is better than an hour with any radio station you're going to find on the dial or online. A Love Affair opens with the never before recorded "She Walks This Earth," a performance by Sting that is as good as anything he's recorded as a solo artist. Vanessa Williams has never sounded better than on the sultry "Love Dance," and "So Crazy for This Love" is a piece of funk featuring a multi-tracked Chaka Khan purring a deceptively complex, original, and memorable melody that also has "hit" written all over it. Grover Washington, Jr. defines smooth jazz with his ride through "Camaleao," while Freddy Cole recalls a smokier version of his brother Nat in his reading of the beautiful ballad "I'm Not Alone." Lins himself plays piano on several tracks and closes the album with a vocal of his own on "Somos Todos Iquais Nesta Noite." Kudos go to producer Miles for bringing this remarkable assemblage together, and a special mention is due to guitarist Romero Lubambo and percussionist Cyro Baptista, whose work throughout the recording is exemplary. Don't miss this CD. ~ Jim Newsom

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