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A Brazilian Love Affair
Studio album by
George Duke
Released1980
RecordedMarch–April 1979
Studio
  • Level E Hawai Recording Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Westlake Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Le Gonks West (Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz-funk
Length48:11
LabelEpic
ProducerGeorge Duke
George Duke chronology
Master of the Game
(1979)
A Brazilian Love Affair
(1980)
Dream On
(1982)
Singles from A Brazilian Love Affair
  1. "Brazilian Love Affair"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love Affair[1]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love AffairA Brazilian Love Affair[2]

A Brazilian Love Affair is the fourteenth studio album by American keyboardist and record producer George Duke. It was released in 1980 through Epic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from March 1979 to April 1979 at Level E Hawai Recording Studio in Rio de Janeiro and at Westlake Recording Studios with additional recording at Le Gonks West Studio in West Hollywood, California. It was mastered by Brian Gardner at Allen Zentz Recording Studio in Los Angeles.

Duke used various keyboard instruments for A Brazilian Love Affair, including Rhodes piano, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Oberheim polyphonic, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha CP-70. The album features guest appearances from Brazilian jazz musicians, such as vocalists Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento and Simone, guitarist Toninho Horta, drummer Robertinho Silva, and percussionist Airto Moreira, along with Duke's frequent collaborators: Lynn Davis, Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Sheila Escovedo, Roland Bautista and others.

In the United States, the album peaked at No. 119 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 40 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It reached No. 33 in the UK Albums Chart. Its single, the title song "Brazilian Love Affair", peaked at No. 36 in the UK.

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "A Brazilian Love Affair – George Duke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 212.

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