This 1999 album is part of a deal between Blue Note and HighNote, which resulted in Ron’s third album of duets with Houston Person. It’s not duets though; with Bill Frisell on guitar, Stephen Scott on piano, Payton Crossley (who?) on drums and the veteran Steve Kroon on percussion, it’s an album of Ron’s interpretation of the music of Brazil. The only two Brazilian tunes, however, are two Luis Bonfa compositions from Black Orpheus. The rest, apart from Dvorak’s Goin’ Home, frequently interpreted in Latin mode, are Carter’s tunes.
The band doesn’t try to convey the exhuberant side of Brazilian music but the melodic approach. The result is as serene an album as some of those by Cesaria Evora. It’s the best Blue Note album I’ve heard since EMI re-activated the label in 1985 -AM
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