I Love Brazil!

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Released1977
RecordedOctober 31–November 7, 1977
Length54:43
I Love Brazil!
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedOctober 31–November 7, 1977
GenreBossa nova, vocal jazz
Length54:43
LabelPablo
ProducerAloísio de Oliveira
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet
(1974)
I Love Brazil!
(1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On?
(1978)

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

This was Vaughan's first album of bossa nova/MPB, it was followed by Copacabana (1979), and Brazilian Romance (1987).[1] It was also her first album for Pablo Records.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn said that "Sarah Vaughan's recordings during the last phase of her magnificent career weren't always up to her usual standards, but this late-'70s set focusing on Brazilian music was a superb exception.... The backing and rhythms weren't Americanized pap, but an accurate reflection of contemporary Brazil's sound at the time."[1]

The album garnered a Grammy nomination.

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Personnel

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