It was Vaughan's second album of bossa nova following I Love Brazil!

[1] Although the contemporaneous review by Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather was somewhat mixed, he did not fault the featured artist: That this set does not reach the consistent heights of its predecessor, "I Love Brazil," cannot be blamed on Vaughan.

Who needs that unison choir background on "Smiling Hour"?

Still, Hélio Delmiro's guitar, an unidentified cello and the incomparable Vaughan contralto applied to "Dindi," "Gentle Rain" and Jobim's "Double Rainbow" (English lyrics by Gene Lees) elevate this to 3½ stars.

[2]The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a maximum four-star rating, and commented that the bossa nova and samba repertoire on it was “unexpectedly strong for Vaughan.”[3]