Romantic, exotic, intoxicating jazz fusion, quite a few tracks with Brazillian overtones courtesy of engineer turn musician/composer/vocalist Ivan Lins. This is not Antonio Carlos Jobim type breezy, wonderful jazz. But more passionate. Lins married a famous Brazillian beauty and she broke his heart! He turned to song writing and became a respected and popular musician. Here, he collaborates with Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour and their regulars like harvey Mason, Don Grusin(Dave's Brother) etc. Digitally recorded and mastered at Dave's GRP studio, it sounds good, off course, like ALL GRP recordings. Early AM attitude is the most popular track on this disc. Composed by Grusin, you might have heard it before on radio etc. But the Entire disc is excellant. Ritenour also wrote a few tarck. Lins wrote 3 and sings as well(in Brazillian, though he does sing in English in his subsequent albums).
Tracklist:
1 Harlequin [Arlequim DeSconhecido] (Lins, Martins) 4:40
2 Early A.M. Attitude (Grusin) 4:58
3 San Ysidro (Ritenour) 4:57
4 Before We Lose Tomorrow [Antes Que Seja Tarde] (Lins, Martins) 5:16
5 Silent Message (Grusin) 6:07
6 Cats of Rio (Grusin) 5:15
7 Beyond the Storm [DePois Do Temporais] (Lins, Martins) 5:36
8 Grid-Lock (Ritenour) 4:02
9 The Bird (Lang, Mason) 5:47
Personnel:
Alex Acuna - Percussion
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Randy Goodrum - Programming, Piano Programming
Dave Grusin - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Performer, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Drum Programming
Don Grusin - Drum Programming
Jimmy Johnson - Bass
Abraham Laboriel - Bass
Ivan Lins - Vocals
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums, Drum Programming
Lee Ritenour - Guitar, Arranger, Producer, Performer, Liner Notes
Carol Rogers - Vocals (bckgr)
Marcus Ryle - Synthesizer, Programming
Carlos Vega - Drums
Marietta Waters - Vocals (bckgr)
Regina Werneck - Vocals (bckgr)
