Raul De Souza's life can be seen as a one-of-a-kind story. Indeed, it would make a perfect novel or film script. It may not be as big a tragedy as 'Round Midnight or Bird, but it has drama, love, adventure, and great music.

Picture this: a poor child grows up in Brazil working as a weaver and practicing trombone in conversations with a buffalo in the jungle, dreaming of someday becoming an internationally famous jazzman. Suddenly, this dream materializes: our hero arrives in the land of jazz, the U.S.A., and is soon playing with many of his idols. He feels as if he's living on a flying carpet. Then suddenly again, he leaves his family and job, returns to his homeland, and his career goes down-lull. Now, 20 years later, he looks for a new miracle, but it's not so easy.

These remembrances come apropos of this CD reissue of Colors, Raul's U.S. debut solo album, recorded when he was in his creative heyday and in the process of making his life long dream come true, when he started to be recognized as one of the world's greatest trombonists while living and working in the land of the best brass players.

Two angels were helping him at that time: singer