''Red Hot + Rio'' is a compilation album produced by Béco Dranoff and

Paul Heck Paul Heck (born July 23, 1967) is an American record and video producer. He produces music projects in a range of styles, as well as related concerts and videos. Early career Heck was raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. He was named HS Al ...

as part of the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series intended to promote AIDS awareness. This installment is a contemporary tribute to the

bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...

sound, especially the music of

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. This release has proven to be one of the Red Hot series' more successful projects, generating hundreds of thousands of dollars for AIDS charities around the world. Brazilian recording artists including Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administratio ...

are among the contributors to the project. Along with them, many contemporary pop music performers are featured on this release, including Incognito,

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, Sting and PM Dawn. Its success made it the 2nd most celebrated entry in the Red Hot Series. The album was sent out to music and lifestyle retail locations (3–5,000 copies) across the country that gave it widespread exposure, including shops such as Urban Outfitters and The Gap as well as upscale shops like Wilkes-Bashford and Louis Boston. Its release coincided with a renewed interest in tourism to Brazil and the Tropicalia music revival of the early 1960s. In part, the success of the initial album has prompted a second ''Red Hot + Rio'' project, a live concert event slated for December 2008 in

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. Contrasting with the 1996 album, ''Red Hot + Rio 2: The Next Generation of Samba Soul'' will contain works from Brazil's

samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havi ...

music heritage. The concert will benefit AIDS-related projects coordinated through the Brazil Foundation, founded in New York in 2000 to promote social development throughout communities in Brazil.

Track listing

#"Use Your Head (Use a Sua Cabeca)" performed by Money Mark – 2:47 #"

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" performed by

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– 3:56 #" Desafinado (Off Key)" performed by Astrud Gilberto +

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– 3:20 #"Non-Fiction Burning" performed by PM Dawn with

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+ Airto – 4:31 #" The Boy from Ipanema" performed by

Crystal Waters Crystal Waters (born November 19, 1961) is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits " Gypsy Woman", "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her stud ...

– 4:24 #''(Interlude)'' – 0:14 #"Segurança (Security)" performed by

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– 3:29 #"É Preciso Perdoar (You Must Forgive)" performed by

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Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encomp ...

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– 6:01 #''(Interlude)'' – 0:33 #" Water to Drink (Água de Beber)" performed by Incognito +

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+ Ana Caram – 4:19 #"Dancing…" performed by

Milton Nascimento Milton Nascimento (; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has toured across the world. Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album for his al ...

– 3:20 #" How Insensitive" performed by

Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...

+ Sting – 3:44 #" Waters of March (Aguas de Março)" performed by

+ Marisa Monte – 3:15 #''(Interlude)'' – 0:25 #" One Note Samba / Surfboard" performed by

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– 7:18 #''(Interlude)'' – 0:21 #"

Black Orpheus ''Black Orpheus'' ( Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Mora ...

Dub" performed by

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– 3:59 #"Maracatu Atômico" performed by

Chico Science Francisco de Assis França (March 13, 1966 – February 2, 1997), better known as Chico Science, was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the manguebeat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernam ...

+ Nação Zumbi + DJ Soul Slinger – 4:27 #"Sambadrome" performed by Ivo Meirelles + Funk 'n Lata – 0:58 #"Refazenda (Refarm)" performed by

– 4:00 #"Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo" performed by

Cazuza Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza (; April 4, 1958 – July 7, 1990), was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza, both while fronting Barão Verm ...

+ Bebel Gilberto – 4:42

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