I Love Brazil! is a 1977 studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

, accompanied by prominent Brazilian musicians Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...

, Dori Caymmi

Dori Caymmi

Dorival Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who is a two-time Grammy Award winner .-Biography:...

 and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...

.

This was Vaughan's first album of Bossa nova

Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...

/MPB

Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...

, it was followed by Copacabana

Copacabana (Sarah Vaughan album)

Copacabana is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan. This was Vaughan's second album of Bossa nova following I Love Brazil! and her third album of Brazilian music, Brazilian Romance would follow in 1987.-Track listing:...

(1979), and Brazilian Romance

Brazilian Romance

Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan.This was Vaughan's last album, though she later contributed to Quincy Jones' 1989 Back on the Block...

(1987).

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album two and a half stars and said that Vaughan's voice was "still in tremendous form" but "few of the performances are all that memorable...this set is really more for fans of contemporary Brazilian music than for jazz collectors".
The album garnered a Grammy nomination.

Track listing

1. "If You Went Away (Preciso Aprender a Ser Só)" (Ray Gilbert
   Ray Gilbert
   Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947.He married, in 1962, actress Janis Paige.Daughter, actress and singer Joanne Gilbert, July...
   
   , Marcos Valle
   Marcos Valle
   Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music and fusions of American/European rock, soul and dance music with Brazilian styles.-Biography:Valle's talent was evident from...
   
   , Paulo Sergio Valle) - 4:25
2. "Triste" (Antonio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
   
   ) - 2:58
3. "Roses and Roses (Das Rosas)" (Dorival Caymmi
   Dorival Caymmi
   Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years beginning in 1933...
   
   , Gilbert) - 3:23
4. "Empty Faces (Vera Cruz)" (Lani Hall
   Lani Hall
   Lani Hall is an American singer and the wife of Herb Alpert.-Music career:Her first public appearances occurred in Old Town Chicago in early 1966. At one of those performances, she was heard by Brazilian Bossa Nova pianist/bandleader Sérgio Mendes, who happened to be on tour in Chicago...
   
   , Milton Nascimento
   Milton Nascimento
   -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
   
   ) - 6:26
5. "I Live to Love You (Morrer de Amor)" (Oscar Castro-Neves
   Oscar Castro-Neves
   Oscar Castro-Neves is a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in Bossa nova. He was born as one of triplets and formed a band with his brothers in his youth. At 16 he had a national hit with Chora Tua Tristeza. Many of the early Bossa Nova musicians began...
   
   , Luverci Fiorini, Gilbert) - 3:54
6. "The Face I Love (Seu Encanto)" (Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, M. Valle) - 3:29
7. "Courage (Coragem)" (Nascimento, Cootie Williams
   Cootie Williams
   Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 3:42
8. "The Day It Rained (Chuva)" (Pedro Camargo, Durval Ferreira, Gilbert) - 4:40
9. "A Little Tear (Razão de Viver)" (Deodato, Gilbert, P.S. Valle) - 4:07
10. "Like a Lover (Cantador)" (Alan Bergman
    Alan Bergman
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    , Marilyn Bergman
    Marilyn Bergman
    Marilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
    
    , Dori Caymmi
    Dori Caymmi
    Dorival Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who is a two-time Grammy Award winner .-Biography:...
    
    , Nelson Motta
    Nelson Motta
    Nelson Cândido Motta Filho is a Brazilian journalist, songwriter, writer, and record producer.He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Daniela...
    
    ) - 4:45

Personnel

• Sarah Vaughan
  Sarah Vaughan
  Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Novelli - electric bass
  Electric Bass
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• Dori Caymmi
  Dori Caymmi
  Dorival Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who is a two-time Grammy Award winner .-Biography:...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Dorival Caymmi
  Dorival Caymmi
  Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years beginning in 1933...
  
   - vocals
• Wilson DasNeves - drums
  Drum kit
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• Robertinho Silva
  Robertinho Silva
  Robertinho Silva is a Brazilian drummer known for jazz. His first album was "Musica Popular Brasileira" in 1981.He began his career with the band Som Imaginario with Zé Rodrix....
  
  
• Paulo Jobim - flute
  Flute
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• Nelson Ângelo - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Ariovaldo - percussion
• Chico Batera
• Luna
• Armando Marçal
• Ariovaldo Luna
• Marçal
• Edson Frederico - arranger
  Arranger
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  , orchestration
  Orchestration
  Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
  
  , piano
• Sergio Barroso - bass, acoustic bass
• Claudio Bertrami
• Milton Nascimento
  Milton Nascimento
  -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
  
   - guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Danilo Caymmi
  Danilo Caymmi
  Danilo Candido Tostes Caymmi ia a Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger.Danilo is the youngest son of Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris, and brother of Dori and Nana Caymmi. Brought up by two musical parents and older siblings, he showed an early interest in music and began playing the...
  
   - flute
  Flute
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  , vocals
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
  Antônio Carlos Jobim
  Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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• Hélio Delmiro
  Hélio Delmiro
  Hélio Delmiro is a Brazilian guitar player and composer.Delmiro started playing the guitar in early childhood.Since then, he has played with many of the best Brazilian musicians, among whom are Moacyr Silva, Márcio Montarroyos, Luíz Eça, Elis Regina, Elza Soares and Elizeth Cardoso...
  
   - guitar, electric guitar
• Mauricio Einhorn - harmonica, harmonica arrangements
• José Roberto Bertrami
  Azymuth
  Azymuth is a three-piece electric funk jazz group from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formed in 1972, the members are Jose Roberto Bertrami , Alex Malheiros , and Ivan Conti .-History:...
  
   - arranger, fender rhodes, organ, electric piano
  Electric piano
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Production

• Durval Ferreira - creative director
• Sheldon Marks - design, layout design
• Norman Granz
  Norman Granz
  Norman Granz was an American jazz music impresario and producer.Granz was a fundamental figure in American jazz, especially from about 1947 to 1960...
  
  - design, layout design, liner notes
• Mário Jorge Bruno - engineer
• Tamaki Beck - mastering
• Aloysio de Oliveira - producer