THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE (also a perfect companion or sequel to THE ASTRUD GILBERTO ALBUM) is a heavenly listening experience from the first note to the last, brimming with innocence and sadness and beauty. Particularly fascinating is the unity which the record manages to achieve -- it compiles material recorded over the course of 16 months (as noted above); the chart duties are doled out to three different arrangers, and the songs mix together then-current American songs with a few by Brazilian masters Luiz Bonfa and Carlos Lyra. Somehow, it all fits together into one coherent whole, with each opposing influence synergetically complementing the rest.