Rendezvous in Rio
Rendezvous in Rio is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 2006 with Koch Records. It was Franks' sixteenth studio album.
Personnel
- Michael Franks – vocals
- Chuck Loeb – keyboards, synthesizer programming, guitars, arrangements, acoustic piano
- Charles Blenzig – keyboards, programming, arrangements
- David Sancious – keyboards, acoustic piano solo
- Scott Petito – additional keyboards, bass, arrangements
- Jeff Lorber – keyboards, percussion programming, arrangements, drum programming
- Roger Burn – keyboards, acoustic piano, vibraphone, arrangements
- Romero Lubambo – guitars
- Mark Shulman – guitars
- Dwight Sills – guitars
- Mike DeMicco – guitar solo
- Sergio Brandao – bass
- Alex Al – bass
- Jimmy Haslip – electric bass
- Wolfgang Haffner – drums
- Brian Dunne – drums
- Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
- Michael White – drums
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Café – percussion
- Chris Hunter – saxophones, flute
- Gary Meek – sax section, tenor sax solo, flute
- Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Andy Suzuki – woodwinds
- Carmen Cuesta Loeb – vocals
- Robbie Dupree – backing vocals, vocals
- Veronica Nunn – backing vocals
- Beth Reineke – backing vocals
- Leslie Ritter – backing vocals
- Pamela Driggs – vocals
- Larry Hoppen – vocals
Production
- John Rosenberg – executive producer
- Dave Wilkes – A&R
- Chuck Loeb – producer
- Charles Blenzig – producer
- Jeff Lorber – producer, recording
- Jimmy Haslip – producer
- Dennis Wall – mixing
- Scott Petito – recording, producer, vocal recording, mixing, mastering, assembling
- Derek Jones – recording
- Rich Breen – additional recording, mixing
- David Channing – additional recording
- Megan Denver – art direction, design, additional photography
- Dennis Jeffrey – additional photography
- Dion Ogust – back cover photography
- Dick Jeffrey – cover painting