Tropical Postcards


Tropical Postcards is the 9th album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in 2004 by A Records, an imprint of Challenge Records International. Brazilian jazz and popular music predominate, with seven of the album's eleven tracks provided by Brazilian composers, plus one familiar standard – Sammy Fain's I'll [Be Seeing You (song)|I'll Be Seeing You] – performed as a bossa nova.

Reception

awarded the album 3½ stars; describing it as "among her best, most inspired and memorable projects," reviewer Alex Henderson cites Vitro's willingness to depart from the "all-standards-all-the-time" formula:
Vitro -- true to form -- also surprises us with some gems that jazz vocalists haven't paid nearly as much attention to, including Tom Harrell's "Terrestris" and Ivan Lins' "I Just Need Your Kisses." Clearly, Vitro is smart enough to realize that a song doesn't have to be a Tin [Pan Alley] warhorse to have value, and she knows how important it is for a jazz vocalist to put his/her stamp on some lesser known pearls.

Track listing

  1. "Song of the Jet" - 5:43
  2. "Land of Wonder " - 6:49
  3. "I'll Be Seeing You" - 3:54
  4. "Certas Canções" - 5:25
  5. "Kisses" - 5:31
  6. "I Just Need Your Kisses" - 5:21
  7. "Reza" - 5:53
  8. "I [Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]" - 3:50
  9. "Jobim song)|Wave]" - 5:30
  10. "Cravo e Canela" - 5:52
  11. "In Search of My Heart" - 7:55

Personnel

With special guests
Trio da Paz :