Various - Soul Jazz Presents Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et CircensisThis album is the definitive statement of the Tropicalia movement in Brazil. The albums collaborators Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Z, Nara Leao, Gal Costa and Os Mutantes mixed psychedelic rock with boleros, sambas, bossa nova and jazz into a carnival esque parade which first announced the new global sound of Brazilian music. What is stunning is that this anarchic and groundbreaking release was recorded at the height of the Brazilian military

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