''Brazilian Sketches'' is an album by British saxophonist

Jim Tomlinson Jim Tomlinson is a British tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, producer, arranger and composer, born 9 September 1966, in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. He is married to singer Stacey Kent. Early life Tomlins ...

that was released in 2003. The album features

Stacey Kent Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1965) is an American jazz singer from South Orange, New Jersey. Kent was nominated for a Grammy Award and was awarded the Chevalier de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Mini ...

on vocals. The album contains cover versions of songs by

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Vinícius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...

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, and

Luiz Bonfá Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film ''Black Orpheus''. Biography Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in Ri ...

Track listing

Personnel

– tenor saxophone *

– vocals * Colin Oxley – guitar * John Pearce – piano * David Newton – piano * Simon Thorpe – double bass * Chris Wells – drums

References

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