Various Artists - Quartin (1997)

Victor Assis Brasil (born August 28, 1945; died 1981) was a Brazilian jazz saxophonist. He was the brother of classical pianist João Carlos Assis Brasil. He studied at Berklee College of Music and later taught improvisation technique in Brazil. He also toured on three continents.

He is said to have been more popular outside Brazil than in it and his style was strongly influenced by non-Brazilian musicians.

Far Out Recordings presents the peerless and criminally undervalued Quartin catalogue. Over the course of the 60s, Roberto Quartin released more than 20 albums in Brazil on his label Forma, by artists including the likes of Eumir Deodato and Quateto Em Cy. Selling the rights of Forma to Polygram in 1969, Quartin struck out for pastures new at the dawn of the 1970s with the launch of his self-titled label. Significant works and high-water marks for Brazilian music overall followed in that decade’s first year, with Victor Assis Brasil Plays Antonio Carlos Jobim and the aforementioned Obnoxious. These singular gems in Brazilian music, difficult to categorise yet compellingly haunting, have for too long gone unheard.

Tracklist:
01. Jose Mauro - Obnoxious (3:53)
02. Piri - Chão Vermelho (2:49)
03. Victor Assis Brasil - Wave (9:52)
04. Victor Assis Brasil - Só Tinha de Ser Com Você (4:03)
05. Piri - Reza Brava (3:09)
06. Jose Mauro - Apocalipse (3:10)
07. Victor Assis Brasil - Dindi (5:06)
08. Victor Assis Brasil - Children (10:16)
09. Victor Assis Brasil - Bonita (6:41)
10. Piri - As Incríveis Peripécias de Danilo (2:28)
11. Piri - Vocês Querem Mate (2:25)
12. Victor Assis Brasil - Gingerbread Boy (6:16)
13. Victor Assis Brasil - Quarenta Graus à Sombra (3:48)
14. Piri - Sombra Morte (2:29)
15. Jose Mauro - Memória (2:29)
16. Victor Assis Brasil - Ao Amigo Quartin (5:06)