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Cascades & Rapid Transit

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I've been looking for this album since I was in college back in the early 90's. I was thrilled when I found out Fantasy Records re-released it along with another obscure Azymuth album. I love the first 7 tracks which represents the Cascades CD, especially "Indian Pepper" and "Cascades of the Seven Waterfalls". I found it to be one of their best recordings. Rapid Transit though is not one of their better efforts. I wasn't too impressed with many of the tracks. I found it very abstract, like a painting. Maybe it will grow on me. Overall, get the CD for the first 7 tracks. You wont be disappointed!!

I've loved this album a very long time. Still, I managed to forget half of what I love about it.

As every time I've had a copy, its grown wings or legs, to have it back in my collection is a joy.

I sort of hid it from my memory

I'm so glad it Rapid Transit is back in my life.

This double set is very important in the Brazilian Jazz world, because it offers one of the best representatives of its genre in Cascades, also, this album is very hard to find now and one of the most sought-after ones by Azymuth loyal fans.

Azymuth has written an important page in the music industry; it's amazing and almost impossible to find groups or musicians who can release not only 2 albums, but 2 super albums in the same year, and that's exactly what Azymuth did back in 1982 when they released "Telecommunication" and "Cascades"; these two, are albums with an impressive level of musiquality hard to match anywhere; 5 of Cascades 7 cuts were extensively aired and reached high rankings on radio transmissions everywhere in the world in the 80's - 90's; these hits are:

1) Club Morocco / 2) Cascade of the Seven Quedas / 3) Through the Window / 5)Festa Nativa and 7)Indian Pepper.

Another amazing feat reached here by Azymtuh is that after 25 years; these super hits sound soooo modern and up-to-date because they didn't use musical formulas that easily fade away. Not to be missed by Jazz and Brazilian Jazz fans out there.

This is a wonderful CD. Many of the songs have a smooth jazz feel to them, however other songs, such as my favorite on the album, "Indian Pepper ("Pimenta Malagueta") remind you of the funk era from the late 70's - early 80's. Another good album to check out by Azymuth is "Telecommunication".