Personnel: Bobby Shew (trumpet, flugelhorn); Larry Koonse (guitar); Gary Foster (tenor saxophone); Andy Martin (trombone); Kei Akagi (piano); Darek Oleskiewicz (bass instrument); Kendall Kay (drums); Chalo Eduardo, Cassio Duarte (percussion).
Recording information: Entourage Studios, Hollywood, California.
This smoothly accomplished set of Brazilian jazz features the trumpeter Bobby Shew and his band, accompanied on some cuts by strings, in a series of romantic interpretations of the music of Reed Kotler. Kotler's tunes and Shew's tasteful performances evoke the jazzier collaborations of Antonio Carlos Jobim, and this smooth-sounding set is perfect for relaxed late-night listening.