- Amoroso (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Amoroso
Type = studio
Artist = João Gilberto
Released = 1977
Recorded = 1976
Genre =Bossa nova
Length = 44 min, 72:51 (CD Rerelease, combined with "Brasil")
Label =Warner Bros.
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "N/A"
This album = "Amoroso
(1976)"
Next album = "João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira
(1980)""'"Amoroso", released in 1976, is an album that uses an orchestral arrangement to produce the Brazilian sound of
bossa nova . The album featuresJoão Gilberto on vocals and guitar, backed by a large, but not overpowering, arrangement.Track listing
# "
'S Wonderful "
# "Estaté"
# "Tin Tin Por Tin Tin"
# "Besame Mucho"
# "Wave"
# "Caminhos Cruzados"
# "Triste"
# "Zingaro"The latter four songs were written and composed by fellow bossa nova legendAntonio Carlos Jobim and adapted by Gilberto. The string section was arranged byClaus Ogerman .Credits
João Gilberto (Guitar), João Gilberto (Vocals), João Gilberto (Main Performer), Milcho Leviev (Synthesizer), Bud Shank (Flute), Grady Tate (Drums), Ralph Grierson (Keyboards), Marilyn Baker (Viola), Israel Baker (Violin), Israel Baker (Concert Master), Michael Boddicker (Synthesizer), Stella Castellucci, Claus Ogerman (Arranger), Claus Ogerman (Conductor), Joe Correro (Drums),
Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Isabelle Daskoff (Violin), Bonnie Douglas (Violin), Glenn Garrett (Flute), Anne Goodman (Cello), Don Henderson (Assistant Engineer), Lee Herschberg (Digital Mastering), Jim Hughart (Bass), Helen Keane (Producer), Tommy LiPuma (Producer), Johnny Mandel (Arranger), Johnny Mandel (Conductor), Joel Moss (Engineer), Nelson Motta (Liner Notes), Matt Pierson (Reissue Producer), Nathan Ross (Violin), Julie Sayres (Coordination), Al Schmitt (Engineer), Al Schmitt (Mixing), David Schwartz (Viola), Paul Shure (Violin), Gerald Vinci (Violin), Gerald Vinci (Concert Master), Helain Wittenberg (Viola), John Wittenberg (Violin), Noel Newbolt (Production Assistant), Joe Goodman (Violin), Bobby Dubow (Violin), Claire Fisher (Keyboards), Michael Diehl (Design), Guto Graca Mello (Executive Producer), Bob Lipsett (Violin), Geoffrey Holder (Paintings), Eric Bowman (Assistant Engineer), Bluestone (Violin), Célio Martins (Engineer), Andre Midani (Executive Producer), Eddie Cainf (Flute), Eduardo Ramalho (Assistant Engineer)References
*Answers.com. [http://www.answers.com/topic/amoroso-brasil?cat=entertainment]
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