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This item usually ships in 1-3 days 01. Fire Of Love 02. Girl From Ipanema, The 03. Wanting 04. Forever - (with Eric Benet) 05. You Know What It's Like 06. Seven Days 07. Just An Hour 08. Fantasia 09. I'll Be Loving You 10. Forgetting Is So Long 11. Feels So Good 12. Basileira   The Girl from Ipanema (mp3)   Wanting (mp3)   Fantasia (mp3)   Brasileira (mp3) Personnel: Gabriela Anders (vocals, background vocals), Eric Benet (guest vocals, background vocals), Bridgette Bryant, Eugene Ruffolo (background vocals), Boney James (soprano saxophone), Kirk Whalum, Larry Williams (tenor saxophone), Jerry Hey, Rick Braun, Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Bill Riechenbach (trombone), Paul Jackson Jr., Amedeo Pace (guitar), Jeff Lockhart (electric guitar), Duke Levine (slide guitar), Leon Bisquera, Gregg Karukas, George Duke, Werner Vana Gierig (keyboards), Frank Marocco (accordion), Larry Kimpel, Baron Browne, Byron Miller, Alex Alvear (bass), Carlos Vega, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Lil John, Abe Laboriel Jr.(drums), Simone Pace, Luis Conte, Kevin Richard (percussion) Produced by George Duke, Alain Mallet, Paul Brown and Gregg Karukas. Arranged by Gregg Karukas, Alain Mallet and Hector Martignon. Total Time: 56:50

Buenos Aires-born Gabriela Anders made her debut with ‘Wanting’, an album that introduced us to one of Argentina’s most exciting new pop vocalists of recent years. Combining the exotic, jazzy approach of Sade or Basia with a host of Latin American influences, Gabriela forged a sound all her own, having worked with the likes of Marc Anthony, Grover Washington Jr., Celia Cruz, Tito Puente and a memorable duet with Michael Franks before striking out on her solo career. The album features a wide array of textures and sounds that display Gabriela's talents to the fullest. From the soulful ballad ‘Forever’ - a duet with Eric Benet - to the Caribbean rhythm of "Seven Days," the jazzy seductiveness of "Fire Of Love," the exquisite Spanish vocal on "Fantasia" and Gabriela's own distinctly smoldering take on ‘The Girl From Ipanema’, to mark her long held fondness for Brazilian music. At first Gabriela had some reservations about recording "Girl From Ipanema." "I'm more present through my own compositions. When they told me the idea, I almost had a heart attack. I told them, 'I will have no friends left if I do that.' They would think it was corny. It's played in every bar and club and it's been recorded so many times. Matt Peirson asked me to just 'go hear the arrangement.' I thought, 'How different can they make it? It's a Bossa Nova.' When I heard the song, I fell in love with the arrangement. It had captured the beauty of the song. There's a reason it's a standard. It taught me a lesson about being rigid. Paul Brown gave it a very contemporary Babyface-sort-of approach and I was really moved when I sang it." ‘Wanting's’ closing track is "Brasileira," a song that is very special to Anders. "I wrote that song after I came back from Brazil the first time. I was so overwhelmed by the beauty and the nature. It was the first song that I had money to record in a good studio. I didn't want to re-record it and lose the magic, so we remixed it for the album." The album features production by George Duke (who’s also guided recordings for Anita Baker and Natalie Cole), Paul Brown (Boney James, George Benson) and Alain Mallet (Jonathan Brooke & The Story). Musical guests include Eric Benet, as well as sax greats Boney James and Kirk Whalum, trumpeter Rick Braun and George Duke.