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Get this AT ANY COST before it dissapears again. I had this music for about 10 years as a tdk cassette tape as vinyl or cds were imposible to get. This is when Hermeto REALLY exploded into the major compositional wizard (he had been a recognized musician for years already) that he still is today. I mean, this is beautiful complex, jazz-tinged, brazilian contemporary music. No bossa nova or danceable stuff in here, so watch out all you soft jazz lovers. This will appeal to searchers of adventureous music, prog, jazz and avant garde addicts.

Brazilian jazz weirdo/genius Hermeto Pascoal buffets between kooky avant ramblings and glossier, poppier LA Express-style fusion melodies. A fairly tight, compact set of fast-paced tunes that are either "challenging" or "irritating," depending on your inclinations and mood.

Another gem rescued by Warner Brasil, OK!(This recording was difficult to procure even in Brasil, and was virtually nonexistent in the USA and Europe, I owned an Argentine pressing for years after my first copy was stolen! (permanenty borrowed?)

Almost 25 yrs old, this recording is a revelation to Hermetologists that did not have access to it before, and for newcomers to the sounds of O Bruxo, this cd contains some of Hermeto's most accessable and most abstract compositions, blended together like a delicious feijoada!

Electric and acustic instrumentation,spoken word improvisations and poesia--nordestino ritmos flows to metamorph into odd meters and "fractured" time. Melodies and improvisations move like a great river , placid and glassy one moment, swiftly running rapids then, at times culminating into a freefalling waterfall- a musical Foz do Iguassu!

The compositions, "cousins" *Sao Jorge" and the "cosmic baiao" *Santo Antonio* recall Hermeto's roots in the Alagoas state. The musical patterns of the ladies asking for donations to prepare the food for the Festa do Santo are counterpoint to the melody and "suinge" of the composition. "Sao Jorge" is for Hermeto's father- a moving tribute.

"Suite Norte, Sul, Leste ,Oeste" has 4 obvious movements, one for each "direction". It is a powerful statement, and one of my FAVORITE Hermeto compositions. All the parts effortlessly follow, a song about distinct situates has no musical "borders", hehehe!

The rolling marcha of "Alexandre, Marcelo e Pablo" expands into a mini-symphony, with Cacau overdubbing flauta and woodwinds, Hermeto scats with his clavinete in an inspired solo.

"Rede"and "Mestre Mara" ( in which Hermeto invokes "O Mestre", the embodiment of the Maracatu ritmo) --these tracks take a more abstract approach.

"Suite Paulistano" is a COMPLETE cacaphany of sounds--Hermeto's impressions of Sao Paulo,the business and industrial city of over 12 million people from all over Brasil and the world!--you are in perpetual rush hour traffic/ street scene confusion with your Paulistano brothers and sisters on this recording,NO DOUBT you will "feel" this track!

a million stars, as always. There is no comparable musician to Hermeto Pascoal--true "one of a kind".

Um trabalho que vai permanencer e vai dar filhotes de inspiracao--como O Bruxo diz;

TUDO EH SOM, VIVA O SOM, SEMPRE!!