S√£o Paulo • Brasil (Vinyl LP) Folk & Americana

S√£o Paulo • Brasil (Vinyl LP) Folk & AmericanaOne of the finest Brazilian jazz funk fusion albums ever recorded; thoroughly deserving of its cult status. First official reissue outside of Brazil. Cesar Camargo Mariano is a celebrated Brazilian jazz pianist, composer and producer, born in Sao Paulo in the 1940's. He has played and worked with the likes of Elis Regina (to whom he was married at one point), Som Tres and Sambalanco Trio and still plays very regularly today.

first time on 7" for the collection

Larry's wife Althea Young has an effective vocal on "My Funny Valentine

and its uses (and limits) as means of coping with the difficulties of the present

with Eric Clapton and Ron Wood sitting in

Orlando and the band all flew to Ghana and Lagos

These are the virtues which Lundgren sees as the recipe for the kind of openness

the Stones

Lead single 'Thunderclouds' is one of two collaborations with BBC 6 Music regular Eliza Shaddad

an effective adaptation of a traditional blues chant

A seemingly pleasant listen

His own performance itself steered a careful balance between too-easy accessibility and maudlin self-reflection

addiction and the power of the human soul to transcend its darker levels