BLUE NIGHT
Track Listing:
Berimbau (03:54)
Samba De Orfeu (04:31)
Wind (04:45)
Tristeza (03:08)
And Orinha (03:55)
Church Is Where You Are (07:01)
P'rum Samba (05:53)
Nuvem Cigana (05:59)
Grace Engine No. 1 (03:25)
Boranda (04:37)
O Sol Nascera (03:27)
“BLUE NIGHT FEATURES TWO [TOM] MOON ORIGINALS, THE WINSOMELY SOULFUL ‘CHURCH IS WHERE YOU ARE’ AND THE SURGING, TWILIGHT RHYTHMS OF ‘GRACE ENGINE NO. 1.’ … THE BULK OF THE DISK FEATURES COMPOSITIONS BY BRAZILIAN MASTERS LIKE HERMETO PASCOAL AND ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM. MOON FAVORS WARM, GENTLE ATMOSPHERICS OVER SHOWY VIRTUOSITY, COUCHING HIS DUSKY TENOR IN GOSSAMER TEXTURES SPUN BY VIBRAPHONIST BEHN GILLECE AND GUITARIST RYAN MCNEELY.”
— The Philadelphia Inquirer