Tracks
01 – Ponta de Areia
02 – Trenzinho do Corcovado
03 – Samba gringo
04 – Brigas nunca mais
05 – Piccolúdio
06 – Vista do Corcovado
07 – Você já foi à Bahia
08 – Don't say goodbye
09 – Moacir inspiração
10 – Folhas secas
11 – Magic
12 – Samba gringo — Reprise
13 – Onda negra
14 – Você é eu
15 – Valsa do soprano
16 – Boa noite amor
Length: 53:11
Composer/lyricist credits: track 3 (Henrique Eisenmann and Michael Mayo); tracks 5, 9, 12, 13 & 15 (Scott Mayo); track 6 (Scott Mayo and Gracinha Leporace); track 8 (Sergio Mendes, Scott Mayo and John Legend); track 11 (Sergio Mendes and Scott Mayo). All music produced and arranged by Scott Mayo. Backing vocal arrangement on track 8 by Valerie Pinkston.
Musicians
Scott Mayo: flutes, clarinets, saxophones and piano on track 1; flutes, piccolo, keyboards and vocals on track 2; saxophones, baritone saxophone solo, keyboards and backing vocals on track 3; clarinets, Rhodes and vocals on track 4; piccolo on track 5; saxophones, backing vocals and keyboards on track 6; flutes, clarinets and saxophones on track 7; lead and backing vocals, saxophones and flutes on track 8; flutes, clarinets and Rhodes on track 9; lead and backing vocals, flutes and clarinets on track 10; alto flute, saxophones, vocals and additional keyboards on track 11; saxophones on track 12; alto, tenor saxophones and keyboards on track 13; saxophones, flutes, clarinets, vocals and keyboards on track 14; soprano saxophone, flute, vocals and keyboards on track 15; soprano saxophone, flutes, clarinets and keyboards on track 16
Michael Shapiro: percussion on track 1; drums on tracks 2, 5, 9 & 10
Guinga: guitar on track 2
Andre de Santanna: bass on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 & 15
Gibi dos Santos: percussion on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 & 15; beat box and percussion on track 13
Michael Mayo: lead and backing vocals on tracks 3 & 8
Valerie Pinkston: backing vocals on tracks 3 & 8
Marcel Camargo: guitar on track 3
Léo Costa: drums on tracks 3, 6, 8, 11 & 15; drums and percussion on tracks 7, 13 & 14
Kleber Jorge: guitar on tracks 4, 8, 9, 11 & 16
Gracinha Leporace: lead vocals on track 6
Morris O'Connor: guitars on tracks 6 & 13
Nick Campbell: bass on track 6
Dori Caymmi: “Então vá!” on track 7; lead vocals on track 10
Sergio Mendes: piano on track 8; Rhodes on track 11
Jen Guess-Mayo: lead vocal production on track 8; backing vocals on track 10
Javier Gonzalez: trumpet on tracks 8, 13 & 14
Andrew Lippman: trombone on tracks 8, 11 & 13
Jamieson Trotter: Rhodes on track 10
Caio Afiune: guitars on tracks 10, 14 & 15
Ralph Waldo Taylan: violin on track 10
Joseph Brian Cimafranca: violin on track 10
Gabriel Art Mendoza: violin on track 10
Marian Mayuga: violin on track 10
Mhaze Lim: viola on track 10
Maria Corazon Reyes: viola on track 10
Ed Pasamba: cello on track 10
Tina Pasamba: cello on track 10
Jerry Moore: baritone saxophone on track 13
Katie Hampton: vocals on track 15
Sample Track
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Meu Brasil. This is “Samba gringo” written by Henrique Eisenmann and Michael Mayo, and featuring Michael Mayo on lead vocal. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)
Website: www.scottmayomusic.com
Record label: Cornell House Records
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