Ana Caram - Rio After Dark

Ana Caram — Rio After Dark

Part of the Chesky Original Masters Series

One-Step plating and pressing on 180-gram high-definition vinyl 

Now considered a bossa nova classic, 1989's Rio After Dark was São Paulo singer/guitarist Ana Caram's debut release for Chesky Records, a New York label renowned for its high-resolution audiophile recordings. Caram was mentored by the legendary bossa nova pioneer Antônio Carlos Jobim, who joined his protege on two of the album's 15 cuts, playing piano and singing background vocals on Caram's versions of his classic songs "Meditation" and "Anos Dourados (It Looks Like December)."

Another star cameo came from the Grammy-winning Cuban-American reed player Paquito D'Rivera, who plays saxophone and clarinet on the tracks "La Cumbia" and "O Que Vier Eu Traço." Accompanied by pianist/composer/producer David Chesky, flutist Steve Sacks, bassist David Finck, and percussionists Carlos Alberto de Oliveira and Café, Caram's sinuous vocals and syncopated fretwork showed she was an authentic new voice continuing the bossa nova tradition. The album will be reissued on 180-gram One Step Pressing Vinyl LP

One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing, meaning the vinyl is pressed from the stamper made directly from the lacquer, minimizing noises and loss of details.