Edú Lobo - Cantiga De Longe (1970)

This iconic album by Brazilian musician Edu Lobo stands as a major historical milestone, capturing a global shift in Latin American music during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The record serves as a bridge between traditional bossa nova and emerging avant-garde movements, pushing familiar rhythms into the realm of complex, monumental baroque grooving. The musical canvas is woven from contrasts: Lobo's delicate acoustic guitar work and intricate, multi-layered vocal structures are superimposed over non-trivial, at times dark and melancholic orchestrations. A massive contribution to the release's unique shaping was made by the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist and arranger Hermeto Pascoal, whose sharp, angular flute passages triggered a departure from pop straightforwardness toward deep psychedelic jazz. The album's rhythmic backbone features the cream of the Brazilian scene—percussionists Airto (Moreira) and Claudio Slon, transforming this recording into a world-class masterpiece that was well ahead of its time.

Tracklist:
1-1 Edú Lobo - Casa Forte [3:09]
1-2 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Frevo De Itamaracá / Come E Dorme (Medley) [2:39]
1-3 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Mariana, Mariana [3:29]
1-4 Edú Lobo - Zum-Zum [2:51]
1-5 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Aguaverde [4:13]
1-6 Edú Lobo - Cantiga De Longe [2:35]
1-7 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Na Feira De Santarém [4:12]
1-8 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Zanzibar [3:18]
1-9 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Marta E Romao [3:27]
1-10 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Rancho De Ano Novo [2:36]
1-11 Edú Lobo;Airto Moreira;Hermeto Pascoal;Claudio Slow;Jose Mariono - Cidade Nova [4:52]