So in addition to my love of all things progressive rock – as well as heavy metal, I have a deep appreciation for Brazilian Jazz/Bosa Nova music – and Joao Gilberto, and Antonio Carlos Jobim were the early architects of the genre, so it was kinda cool hearing ACJ play with Frank – who I never knew he was actually known as “Francis Albert”… The album consist of Frank singing fairly well-done Bosa Nova standards, that was quite enjoyable… Only complaints would be that – #1 - What I like about the genre in general, is the simplicity and pace of the arrangements, while the arrangements on this album seemed to be a bit over-produced – probably consistent with most Frank albums… It was fine, but still bugged me a tad… #2 – Frank does an excellent job of navigating the tracks, but I just am too familiar with what I feel are the definitive versions of each of the songs here, so I found Frank’s versions coming up well short compared to some of the best… For example, the Stan Getz version of version of “Girl From Ipanema” sung by Astrud Gilberto – with Joao Gilberto mixing in Portuguese lyrics as well – is absolutely perfect IMO, so anybody trying to cover this classic is just not going to measure up in my eyes… Also – I did enjoy the studio “takes” near the end of the album – which captured Frank in the studio, which I found quite interesting… Glad I listened, and Frank is an amazing singer – and he also seems to have a great appreciation for the genre which was cool as well, but no new ground was covered here… Would probably give this a 2.50 if I could, but can’t get it to a 3 – so there you go, it’s just a 2…