01. Vivo Sonhando (5:18)
02. Manha De Carnaval (4:53)
03. Aquarius (6:51)
04. O Grande Amor (4:53)
05. Felicidade (5:31)
06. And Here’s To You (5:54)
07. Brazil (5:52)
08. Ela E Carioca (4:55)
09. Falando De Amor (6:26)
10. Zanzibar (5:19)
11. Giant Steps (5:11)
12. What Would I Do Without You? (4:37)

Personnel:
Joe Beck - Guitar
Ira Coleman - Bass
Thierry Arpino - Drums
Gregoire Maret - Harmonica (guest)

Joe Beck has had a long career, though he remains an artist deserving of wider recognition. These 2005 sessions are a relaxing affair that will delight fans of Brazilian jazz. Joined by bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Thierry Arpino (who is known for his work with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty), Beck's fluid electric guitar (while sometimes overdubbing an acoustic rhythm line) makes the most of each selection, playing a heavy dose of popular tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim and his own tasty originals. Highlights among the Jobim compositions include the bittersweet "O Grande Amor" and the easygoing "Felicidade." Harmonica player Gregoire Maret is added for the leader's gentle bossa nova "And Here's to You" and Jobim's bittersweet "Falando De Amor." Beck also offers an inventive samba arrangement of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" that adds a few twists while played at a slower-than-typical tempo, so it sneaks up on the listener. Highly recommended! ---Ken Dryden, Rovi

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01. Gingi (8:01)
02. Emily (7:07)
03. Girl Talk (7:17)
04. Have You Met Miss Jones? (6:53)
05. Laura (4:08)
06. Little Girl Blue (5:18)
07. Nica’s Dream (5:42)
08. Ruby (5:22)
09. Sophisticated Lady (4:50)
10. Stella By Starlight (3:59)

Personnel includes: 
Joe Beck (guitar); 
Joey DeFrancesco (organ); 
Idris Muhammad (drums).

Studio and session guitarist Joe Beck was well known for hits when backing vocalist Esther Phillips on Kudu in the '70s, although his session credentials over the years also included the likes of Miles Davis, James Brown, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Gil Evans. During the '80s he made a series of competent fusion and pop-jazz recordings for DMP and had a big hit recording with Dave Sanborn on CTI in 1975. His career continued into the '90s and beyond with albums like 1991's Relaxin', 1997's Alto, and his 2000 collaboration with Jimmy Bruno, Polarity. Beck was active throughout most of the new millennium’s first decade with recordings on a variety of labels, including a number of CDs on Whaling City Sound, such as 2002's Just Friends, 2007's Tri07, 2008's Coincidence (a duo recording with John Abercrombie), and 2009's Golden Earrings. The latter album, featuring Beck and singer Laura Theodore performing music made famous by singer Peggy Lee, proved to be Beck’s final recording -- the guitarist was diagnosed with lung cancer soon after work on Golden Earrings had been completed and died from complications of the disease in July 2008 at age 62. ---Ron Wynn, Rovi

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