Night Kisses - A Tribute To Ivan Lins | Jazz & Bossa Nova Music Album | Perfect for Romantic Evenings & Relaxation

“Night Kisses - a tribute to Ivan Lins” is the second of a trilogy album dedicated to Brazilian composers, the third is planned for Milton Nasciment. The CD starts with rhythmical, somewhat humorous, “A Voz Do Povo.” Eddie Daniels steps lightly on flute. Never dreamed of him to be a good flute player also. His play makes us image The Fifer, Manet’s painting. The song features a concisely jaunty piano solo by Josh Nelson. On “Pano de Fundo,” Daniels changes his gear to clarinet and plays it with full of poetic sentiment. Daniels’ tenor lyrically creates a stream of melodious fragment on “Maos de Afeto.” He picks up tenor only three times in this album. Regardless of the instruments, his play is generally ebullient with joy throughout the album. The basic team formation for this second project doesn’t change from the former one, “Heart Of Brazil - a tribute to Egberto Gismonti.” Three pianist, Kuno Schmid, Dave Grusin, and Bob James, newly participate in this project. Their personality are obvious in their featured short solo spaces on “Canto Da Noite,” “Lembra,” and “Depois dos Temporals,” respectively. The Harlem Quartet adds the feel like a with strings album, and occasionally arouses dramatic development to the music. The songs collected here was composed when Brazil was stifling with military dictatorship. In the period, Lins’ marriage was crumbling, privately. It was also a time Lins was in partnership with Vitor Martins, whose lyrics are metaphorical and political. I came across with Ivan Lins through Sarah Vaughan. Vaughan picked up Lins’ two songs, “Love Dance” and “The Island,” for her album “Crazy And Mixed Up.” Ivan Lins exhibits his soothing voice on “Lembra de Mim” with a Maria Schneider orchestra, which was gifted to purchasers of “The Thompson Fields.” I like the musical flow from “Lembra” to “Ivante.” On these last four songs, Daniels concentrates his play on clarinet. Dave Grusin and Bob James co-stared on “Ivante.” Grusin’s acoustic piano blends with James’ electric sound expressively.