Azymuth (or Azimuth as they are sometimes called) must be the most recorded backing band in history. Forget Steve Cropper and those memphis guys - Bertrami and co have played on hundreds and hundreds of singles and albums and this show just scratches the surface of some of the
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immense musical talent possessed by this trio! The group took their name from a track recorded for the TV Globo novela Veu de Noiva which featured formula 1 as a backdrop. At that time the group were using the name Apolo IV and the track was called Azimuth. Soon after when Marcos Valle composed the soundtrack to a documnetary on the life of Emerson Fittipaldi Valle under contract to Odeon called in the Apolo IV and the album was made under the Azimuth name. After some problems with the US band of the same name the spelling became Azymuth. the group operated under various guises and formats before becoming the trio known today - Os Tatuis, The Youngsters, Projecto III, Ze Roberto Trio, are just some of those. All the tracks here feature either the full band or the nucleus of Bertrami and at least one member of the trio. Brasil by Azymuth!
1. Azimuth - Azimuth (O Fabuloso Fittipaldi)
2. Melo da Cuica - Azymuth
3. Voo Sobre o Horizonte - Azimuth
4. Azymuth - Jazz Carnival
5. A Bossa do Ze ROberto - Os Tatuis
6. Quem Vem La - Edgar e os Tatuis
7. Arabian Things - Projecto III
8. Na SOmbre de Uma Arvore - Hyldon
9. Estrada Errada - Hyldon
10. Roda MUndo - Ana Mazzotti
11. Mundo Cao - Erasmo Carlos
12. Diamante Cor de Rosa - Jose Roberto e Seu Conjunto
13. Azimuth - Marcos Valle
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