構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:49:27

Personnel: Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Assa Drori, Don Palmer, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Reginald Hill, Karen Jones , Joseph Brooks, Mari Tsumura, Henry Ferber, Edward Green, Harry Scorzo, Yoko Matsuda, Robert Sushel, Teruko Brooks, Francine Walsh, Isabelle Daskoff, Sheldon Sanov, Ronald Clark (violin); Jorge Moraga, Michael Nowak , David Stockhammer, Margot MacLaine, Marilyn Baker, Alan de Veritch (viola); Ron Cooper, Ron Leonard, Raymond Kelly, Ronald Cooper, Anne Karam, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison, Suzie Katayama, Todd Hemmenway, Frederick Seykora (cello); Dan Higgins , Dick Mitchell, Gary Foster , Gene Cipriano, John Lowe, Don Shelton , John Reilly, David Hill, Ronnie Lang (brass); Clare Fischer (keyboards); James Hughart, Jim Hughart (acoustic bass); Joe Correro (drums); Michito Sanchez (percussion). Audio Mixers: Celio Martins; Arne Frager. Audio Remasterers: Antonio Barrozo; Antonio Barroso. Liner Note Author: Arto Lindsay. Recording information: Estudio Polygram, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Madhatter Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Madhatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Creator: Felipe Taborda. Photographer: Dario Zalis. Unknown Contributor Roles: Dan Higgins ; Dick Mitchell; Don Shelton ; Gene Cipriano; Gerald Seligman ; Geysa Adnet; Sheila Mathis; Dina Stipkovich; Morris Repass; John Reilly; Ronnie Lang. Arranger: Clare Fischer. This 1991 record ended a decade-plus silence from the man who helped create bossa nova. Though JOAO features full orchestral backing, the arrangements by Clare Fischer dart in and around Gilberto's understated singing and rhythmically ingenious guitar work, never overpowering the artist or obscuring his unique vision. The effect is not unlike that achieved by Nelson Riddle in his orchestrations for Frank Sinatra. Though Gilberto tackles a tune in French ("Que Reste-T-Il de Nos Amours") and a Cole Porter classic in English ("You Do Something to Me"), even these are presented in the bossa nova style to which he has remained true throughout his career. The delicate beauty of Gilberto's voice, the soft-but-insistent pulse of his guitar, and the otherworldy grace of his artistic conception are as much in evidence on JOAO as they are on his legendary recordings from 30 years prior. As ever, the man proves to be simply incapable of making a wrong move.

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)