title: Brasileiro
text: # Brasileiro
  
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  Brasileiro is a 1992 album by Sérgio Mendes and other artists including Carlinhos Brown which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Fanfarra" (Carlinhos Brown)– 4:03
  * "Magalenha" (Carlinhos Brown)– 3:39
  * "Indiado" (Carlinhos Brown)– 4:17
  * "What Is This?" (Carmen Alice)– 4:46
  * "Lua Soberana" (Vítor Martins, Ivan Lins)– 4:13
  * "Sambadouro" (Vítor Martins, Ivan Lins)– 3:51
  * "Senhoras Do Amazonas" (Antonio Carlos Belchior, João Bosco)– 4:41
  * "Kalimba" (Vítor Martins, Ivan Lins)– 4:19
  * "Barabare" (Paulinho Camafeu, Edmundo Caruso, Carlinhos Brown)– 3:24
  * "Esconjuros" (Aldir Blanc, Carlos "Guinga" Escobar)– 3:40
  * "Pipoca" (Hermeto Pascoal)– 3:10
  * "Magano" (Carlinhos Brown)– 4:36
  * "Chorado" (Aldir Blanc, Carlos "Guinga" Escobar)– 3:24
  * "Fanfarra" (Despedida) (Carlinhos Brown)– 0:29
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Musicians and Arrangements
  
  * Sérgio Mendes – arrangements (1-10, 12, 13, 14), keyboards (3-13), synthesizers (3, 4, 5, 7-10, 12), percussion (6, 9, 12)
  * Alfredo Moura – keyboards (3, 9, 12), synthesizers (3, 9, 12), synth horns (3, 12), arrangements (3, 9, 12)
  * Eric Persing – keyboard and synthesizer programming (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13), synth horn programming (3, 12), keyboard programming (6), arrangements (4), keyboards (13), synthesizers (13)
  * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (5, 8), synthesizers (5, 8), synthesizer effects (7)
  * Russell Ferrante – keyboards (10), synthesizers (10)
  * Hermeto Pascoal – keyboards (11), arrangements (11)
  * Jovino Santos Neto – keyboards (11)
  * Alceu Do Cavaco – cavaquinho (1)
  * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
  * Cláudio Jorge – acoustic guitar (6)
  * João Bosco – acoustic guitar (7)
  * Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar) – acoustic guitar (10, 13)
  * Jimmy Johnson – bass (3, 9, 10)
  * Nathan East – bass (5, 6, 8)
  * Arthur Maia – bass (7)
  * Itibere Zwarg – bass (11)
  * Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 5, 8, 9), percussion (7)
  * Mike Shapiro – drums (6), percussion (10, 11)
  * Carlos Bala – drums (7)
  * Marcio Bahia – drums (11)
  * Carlinhos Brown – percussion (2, 3, 4, 10, 12), arrangements (2, 3, 12)
  * Vai Quem Vem – percussion (2, 4, 9, 12)
  * Luis Conte – percussion (5-8, 11)
  * Beloba (Carlos Da Silva Pinto) – percussion (6)
  * Sebastião Neto – percussion (9, 12)
  * Meia Noite – percussion (10)
  * Fabio Pascoal – percussion (11)
  * Pernambuco (Antonio Luis de Santana) – percussion (11)
  * Jerry Moore – tenor saxophone (3)
  * Steve Tavaglione – flutes (10), oboes (10), alto saxophone (12), tenor saxophone (12)
  * Carlos Malta – flute (11), saxophone (11)
  * Moogie Canazio – arrangements (1, 4)
  * Bruce Swedien – arrangements (4)
  
  Vocalists
  
  * Sérgio Mendes – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12)
  * Francisca Maria Monjardim – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 12)
  * Leila Monjardim – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 12)
  * Sebastião Neto – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 3, 12)
  * Lourenco Olegario – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 3, 12)
  * Karla Preito – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 12)
  * Jurema Silva – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 12)
  * Jussara Silva – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 12)
  * Leo Silva – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 3, 12)
  * Robson Silva – vocals (1), backing vocals (2, 3, 12)
  * Carlinhos Brown – lead vocals (2, 3, 9, 12), backing vocals (3)
  * Gracinha Leporace – lead vocals (3, 5, 7-10), backing vocals (3-6, 8), vocals (6, 11)
  * Carmen Alice – lead vocals (4)
  * Kleber Jorge – backing vocals (4, 6)
  * Kevyn Lettau – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8), vocals (6, 11), lead vocals (8)
  * Vivian Manso – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8)
  * Alfredo Moura – backing vocals (4, 6)
  * Carol Rogers – backing vocals (4, 6), vocals (6)
  * Mike Shapiro – backing vocals (4, 6)
  * Val Quem Vem – backing vocals (4)
  * Carolina Saboia – backing vocals (5, 8)
  * Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (6), vocals (11)
  * João Bosco – lead vocals (7)
  * Cláudio Nucci – lead vocals (13)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Sérgio Mendes – producer
  * Moogie Canazio – engineer, mixing (1, 2, 3, 5, 8-14)
  * Bruce Swedien – mixing (4, 6, 7)
  * Michael Aarvold – assistant engineer
  * Elaine Anderson – assistant engineer
  * Ivan Carvalho – assistant engineer
  * Lee Kaiser – assistant engineer
  * Luis Quine – assistant engineer
  * Paul Scriver – assistant engineer
  * Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  * David Bither – art direction
  * John Heiden – art direction, design
  * Heitor Dos Prazeres – cover artwork
  * George Holz – back cover photography
  * Sonia Ives – booklet photography
  * Chris McGowan – liner notes
  