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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). It was also her first album for Pablo Records (Wikipedia, https://goo.gl/UWhPXq).

AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn:
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. Vaughan sounded as delightful and glorious as ever doing songs by legendary composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nascimento and newer voices like Dorival Caymmi, Oscar Castro Neves and Eumir Deodato, among many others. The backing and rhythms weren’t Americanized pap, but an accurate reflection of contemporary Brazil’s sounds at the time. The CD adds two bonus tracks that weren’t on the original, giving listeners the full results of what proved to be one of the great Sarah Vaughan’s final studio triumphs (https://goo.gl/UWhPXq).

Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Dorival Caymmi – vocals
Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi – acoustic guitar, vocals
Nelson Angelo, Hélio Delmiro – electric guitar
Danilo Caymmi, Paulo Jobim – flute
Mauricio Einhorn – harmonica, harmonica arrangements
Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
José Roberto Bertrami – arranger, electric piano, organ
Edson Frederico – arranger, orchestration, piano
Sergio Barroso, Claudio Bertrami – acoustic bass
Novelli – electric bass
Wilson das Neves, Robertinho Silva – drums
Ariovaldo, Chico Batera, Luna, Marçal – percussion

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Released: 1977
Recorded: October 31-November 7, 1977
Length: 54:43
Label: Pablo
Producer: Aloísio de Oliveira