Paulinho da Costa - Paulinho da Costa (1984)

Hello, Good Evening! Let's start today with Paulinho da Costa, a successful Brazilian musician that made his whole career out of Brazil, setting in the US since 1973. Paulinho da Costa is a percussionist and a requested sideman, playing with Sergio Mendes, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, among many other renowned artists. Paulinho da Costa solo albums were recorded sporadically with some really hard to track down, just like this one. Let's see.

This is Paulinho da Costa - Paulinho da Costa (1984), for Columbia, featuring Abraham Laboriel, George Duke, Ernie Watts, among many others. Paulinho da Costa and group deliver a dancing album, such like the ones recorded by Sergio Mendes in the 70's and 80s, very well played. Look at Paulinho da Costa at this cover artwork; he is the kind of guy that seems to never have an headache or a bad day in his life. Tracks include:

Personnel

Randy Waldman
(piano, keyboards)
Ernie Watts
(flute, sax)
Dick Hyde, Chucky Findley
(trombone)
C. Winston Ford Jr., Carl Carwell, Roy Galloway, Judith Jones
(vocals)
Eric Culver, Bill Reichenbach Jr.
(trombone)
Todd Cocharane
(piano)
Erich Bulling
(horn arrangements)
Paulinho da Costa
(percussion)
Nathan East, Abraham Laboriel
(bass)
Charles Findley, Larry Carlton
(guitar)
Gary Grant
(trumpet)
Jerry Hey
(trumpet, flugelhorn)
George Duke
(bass, clavinet)

Track List

01 - You Came Into My Life
02 - My Love
03 - Special Kind of Love
04 - Carioca
05 - Groove
06 - Taj Mahal
07 - I'm Going to Rio
08 - African Sunrise
09 - Walkman
10 - O Mar e Meu Chao