Ana Caram – Rio After Dark (Hybrid SACD)
Guitar, Vocals – Ana Caram
Chorus – Beso Cerqueira (4), Mary Kent (4), Steve Kaiser (4), Steve Sacks (4)
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim (3,7), David Chesky (9)
Alto Flute – Steve Sacks
Paquito D'Rivera - Alto Saxophone (6), Clarinet (10),
Bass – David Finck
Guitar – Bill Washer (6,11)
Percussion – Café
Arranged by Ana Caram
Lyrics by Steve Sacks (1), Djavan (2, 11), Norman Gimbel (3), Newton Mendonça (3), Capinan (4), Célia Vaz (5), Marco Aurélio (5, 9), Márcio Proença (5), Galen Brandt (6), Paulo Jobim (7), Chico Buarque De Hollanda (8), Ana Caram (9), Aldir Blanc (9), Alvaiade (10), Zé Maria (10)
Music by David Chesky (1, 6), Djavan (2, 11), Antonio Carlos Jobim (3, 8), Edu Lobo (4), Célia Vaz (5), Marco Aurélio (5, 9), Márcio Proença (5), Paulo Jobim (7), Ana Caram (9)
1 Hybrid SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Live
Label : Chesky Records - Chesky Original Masters Series
Original label : Chesky Records
Arranged by Ana Caram, David Chesky, Steve Sacks
Produced by David Chesky
Recorded by Bob Katz
Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York City, on April 6, 7 and 18, 1989
Originally released in 1989
Reissued in 2025
Tracks :
- Rio After Dark
- Alagoas
- Meditation
- Viola Fora De Moda
- Sem Lengenda
- Summer Days
- La Cumbia
- Anos Dourados (Looks Like December)
- Renovacao
- O Que Vier Eu Traco
- Serrado
Reviews :
« In stylistic terms, large portions of Ana Caram's first U.S. album could easily have been recorded in 1962; it's as if time had stood perfectly still since "Desafinado" became a hit. Yet this is all for the good for this Antonio Carlos Jobim protegé, who can comfortably give material by the more contemporary writer Djavan, and even Carole King's "You've Got a Friend," the bossa nova treatment. Like most seductive Brazilian female singers, Caram is just a bit off-pitch and gets away with it. She also plays guitar skillfully in the Joao Gilberto rhythmic manner, and occasionally writes her own tunes ("Renovacao," "Rainbow") in an attractive classic bossa nova idiom. The revered Jobim sits in on piano and contributes a few vocal harmonies on two of his songs ("Meditation," "Anos Dourados"); the Chesky recording also diligently picks up his groaning. Paquito D'Rivera chirps on clarinet in the tongue-twisting "O Que Vier Eu Traco" and turns up on alto sax on Paulo Jobim's first-rate "La Cumbia," phrasing in the lilting Getz manner though he can't help but slip in a bop run or two. Steve Sacks plays low-key, moaning alto flute on several tracks, and Carlos Alberto de Oliveira and Café handle the delicate percussion. The production is typical low-key, spare-textured, painstakingly recorded Chesky fare -- and unreconstructed bossa nova fans need not hesitate. » AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 5 / 5