Windham Hill Jazz 01934 11372-2
Produced by Lani Hall and Herb Alpert
Arrangements by Lani Hall, Eddie Del Barrio, Dori Caymmi, Heitor Pereira and Herb Alpert
Released July 28, 1998
Track Listing:
- Tres Curumins (Dori Caymmi-Paulo Cesar Pinheiro) 5:04
- Smile (Sorri) (Geoffrey Parsons-James Phillips-Charles Chaplin) 3:58
- Viola Fora De Moda/Zanzibar (Capinan-Edu Lobo / Edu Lobo) 4:10
- Velho Piano (No Place To Hide) (Dori Caymmi-Paulo Cesar Pinheiro-[Eng. Lani Hall]) 3:31
- Brasil Nativo (Danilo Caymmi-Paulo Cesar Pinheiro) 6:11
- Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben) 4:37
- Historia Antiga (Dori Caymmi-Paulo Cesar Pinheiro) 3:55
- Saudades De Casa (Meant To Be) (Ivan Lins-Vitor Martins-[Eng. Lani Hall]) 3:11
- Varadero (Joao Bosco-[Eng. Lani Hall]) 3:55
- Amor De Indio (Beto Guedes/Ronaldo Bastos) 3:56
- Waters Of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 5:06
Musicians: Lani Hall (vocals on all; sampled vocals on 2, 6, 8; string pad on 5), Dori Caymmi (vocal on 2, 3, 7, and 10; acoustic guitar on 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10), Herb Alpert (trumpet on 1, 3 and 6; flugelhorn on 9), Heitor Pereira (guitars on 2, 3, 5, and 9), Nathan East (electric bass on 2), Paulinho Da Costa (percussion on 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9), Eddie Del Barrio (strings on 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; piano on 4, 8, and 11; keyboards on 6 and 9; pulse on 6), Jimmy Johnson (fretless bass on 3, 6, and 9), Michael Shapiro (drums on 3, 5, 6, and 9), Michael Fischer (electronic atmosphere on 6)
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Following her Grammy-winning effort of ES FACIL AMAR, Lani Hall virtually retired from the music business, with only an occasional guest effort on her husband’s recordings. In 1998, more than a decade later, and without the benefit of her husband owning a record company (Herb and Jerry Moss had sold A&M to PolyGram in 1989), Lani signed with the Windham Hill Jazz label to produce a single album. Titled BRASIL NATIVO, this one again placed Lani in the Brazilian music setting that launched her career.
Essentially an album with three main players, BRASIL NATIVO also featured numerous appearances by Herb Alpert on trumpet, and Dori Caymmi on guitar and vocals. Eddie Del Barrio is also present with arrangements and other musical duties, and is thanked first in the liner notes, thus appearing that he may have been the driving force on getting the album done.
The track list is a mixture of the familiar and the not-so familiar, with Lani covering some previous ground in spots. It’s an understated album with a number of more dramatic readings of some songs than we’re used to. “Mas Que Nada”, instead of a sprightly samba, is performed in a slow, dirge-like fashion, as is “Waters Of March”.
Highlights of the album are the opening track, “Tres Curumins”, “Saudades De Casa (Meant To Be)” which was issued as a single, the title track, “Brasil Nativo”, which Herb tacked onto his own PASSION DANCE album as a bonus track on the DTS version, and “Varadero.”