Tom Zé is by far, one of the most interesting personas in Brazilian music History. Having started his rich career side-by-side with huge figures like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil on the Tropicalia movement, Zé started walking his own path back in the late 60s, with a very interesting sound and beautiful compositions that harkened back to bossanova and samba's early days, despite his eager for artistic renovation. With Todos os Olhos, his previous opus, Zé had departed ... read more

Mizinha2907

É incrível como um artista genial e brilhante bem mais que outros artistas derivados do Tropicália ser ignorado e esquecido de todas as formas possíveis,até mesmo pela mídia !
É incrível como tanto seus colegas como a mídia tentou varrer este homem só mundo artístico simplesmente ignorando sua existência,mas que bom que o Universo ou seja lá o que for, fez sua obra resistir ao tempo mesmo não tendo ... read more

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prferreira

Tom Zé masterpiece, Estudando o Samba is bold and calm, provocative and peaceful. In fact, it is a research on the limits of Samba. The result is Samba without limits. A must hear.

I'm explaining you to confuse you
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You invent love and I invent loneliness

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