Deodato 2

Deodato 2
Studio album by Deodato
Released	July 18, 1973[1]
Recorded	Apr 12, 1973-May 16, 1973.
Genre	Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Label	CTI Records
Producer	Creed Taylor
Deodato chronology
Prelude (1973) Deodato 2 (1973) Whirlwinds (1974)

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Deodato 2 is a 1973 album of Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato It features noted session guitarist John Tropea on 4 tracks and virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke on one song, "Skyscrapers". His version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was used in Pontiac commercials during the early-1970s. The song reached #48 in Canada in 1973.

The songs "Super Strut" and "Latin Flute" were featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The track "Super Strut" was also covered by the acid jazz band The Apostles on their 1992 eponymous album.^[3]

Track listing

Vinyl

Side 1

1. "Nights in White Satin" (Justin Hayward) - 6:01
2. "Pavane for a Dead Princess" (Maurice Ravel) 4:08
3. "Skyscrapers" (Eumir Deodato) - 6:40

Side 2

1. "Super Strut" (Eumir Deodato) - 8:58
2. "Rhapsody in Blue" (George Gershwin, arrangement and adaptation by Eumir Deodato) - 8:48

CD

The tracks were rearranged for the CD release. The two tracks on Side 2 were placed first then the tracks on Side 1 were placed after. The CD release also featured an extended version of Super Strut, an extended and re-mixed outro to Skyscrapers, as well as 3 bonus tracks.

1. "Super Strut" - 9:31
2. "Rhapsody in Blue" - 8:48
3. "Nights in White Satin" - 6:01
4. "Pavane for a Dead Princess" - 4:08
5. "Skyscrapers" - 7:01

Bonus Tracks

1. "Latin Flute" (Eumir Deodato) - 4:49
2. "Venus" (Eumir Deodato) - 3:32
3. "Do It Again" (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) - 5:31

"Tropea" (incomplete, not released on this album) was produced during the recording sessions of Deodato 2.

Sources

• Didier Deutch, Deodato 2 sleeve text

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