Márcio Montarroyos is an excellent Brazilian musician with an extensive resumé as a session man for Brazilian and international top musicians. Some of his later releases fell in a somewhat abusive commercial line, but this one preserves his musicality and adventurousness. A Brazilian fusion jazz album, originally recorded in 1977, it benefits from the international excellence of such musicians as
Steve Grossman,
Gene Perla,
Don Alias, and the Brazilians
Hermeto Pascoal,
David Sion, and Dom Bira, among others. Mixing the American standard "A Child Is Born" (
Thad Jones) with those musicians' originals, the album keeps a cohesive quality and creative improvisations provided by the amazing range of expression of each of its individual components.