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This item usually ships in 1-3 days 01. Right On Time 02. Beauty And The Beast 03. Thinking Of You 04. Urban Delight 05. The Fool On The Hill 06. Mr. Swing 07. Coast To Coast (Take Me Back To Rio) 08. Smooth As Silk 09. Lelena 10. Dindi (English) 11. Moonlight In Baja 12. The End Of An Era 13. Dindi (Portuguese)   Right on Time (mp3)   Beauty and the Beast (mp3)   The Fool on the Hill (mp3)   Coast to Coast (Take Me Back to Rio) (mp3)   Lelena (mp3)   Dindi [English] (mp3)   The End of and Era (mp3)   Dindi [Portuguese] (mp3) Personnel: Mike Catalano (piano, drum programming), Ivan Lins (vocal), Lou Marini (flute, saxophone), Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn), Will Lee (synthesizer, bass, vocals), Jeff Mironov (guitar), Chuck Loeb (guitar, drum programming), Bob James (fender Rhodes piano), George Whitty (synthesizer, electric piano, drum programming), Rob Mounsey (synthesizer, drum programming, fender rhodes piano, percussion), Nico Assumpção (bass), Mark Egan (drum programming), Steve Gadd, Shawn Pelton, Peter Erskine (drums), Mestre Marcal, Bashiri Johnson (percussion), Christopher Parker (shaker), Vanessa Falabella Donada (vocals), Steve Dunleavy (liner notes). Produced by Mike Catalano and Will Lee. Associate Producers: George Whitty, Dean Bailin, Nico Assumpção, Ken Freeman, Mark Egan, Rob Mounsey. Arranged by Mike Catalano, Nico Assumpção, Chuck Loeb, Lou Marini (horn arrangements), Rob Mounsey (orchestration and horn arrangements), Will Lee (vocal arrangements), Phil Magnotti. Engineered by Malcolm Pollack and Dean Bailin.

Pianist Catalano is equally comfortable with contemporary Jazz as he is with Brazilian music, so it’s no surprise that when the two are combined, the result is extraordinary. A bakers’ dozen that reaches across musical borders with songs like ‘Coast To Coast (Take Me Back To Rio)’ and Dindi, featuring Ivan Lins singing different version in Portuguese and English! With Bob James, Randy Brecker and Chuck Loeb. Other Voices: Mike Catalano, A Manhattan Affair by Matt Collar - All Music A follow-up of sorts to his 1989 debut A Rio Affair, A Manhattan Affair features pianist/composer Mike Catalano performing his crisp and breezy smooth jazz that touches on melodic rock, lightly funky R&B and Bossa Nova. Joining Catalano here are not only his superb rhythm section of bassist Will Lee and drummer Peter Erskine, but also a bevy of name artists and longtime Catalano associates including guitarist Chuck Loeb, trumpeter Randy Brecker, keyboardist Bob James, bassist Nico Assumpcao and others. Fans of organic '70s fusion and contemporary pop should find much to enjoy here as Catalano delivers a sparkling afterglow version of "Beauty And The Beast", turns John Lennon's "Fool On The Hill" into a perfect soft-rock noir ballad and showcases vocalist Ivan Lins' deeply emotive vocals on the atmospheric Brazilian classic "Dindi". Similarly engaging are such catchy Catalano originals as the cinematic and danceable "Take Me Back To Rio", the smoky ballad "Lelena" and the driving Weather Report-esque "Moonlight In Baja". These are refreshing, often lushly arranged and endlessly melodic cuts that make the most of Catalano's tasteful keyboard chops.