Artist: Azymuth
Title: Águia Não Come Mosca
Year: 1977
Label: Atlantic
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 4.5/5.0
Review
As a follow-up to my previous post, I’ll share this amazing album by the Brazilian jazz masters, Azymuth! I love all of their music, however, Águia Não Come Mosca is one of my favorite records out of their discography. Very melodic at times, this record tends to be very dream-like. That said, one can only imagine that the rhodes piano plays a major role in the instrumentation. The percussion is very prominent here as well, but that carries over into almost all of their music. Innovative and unique only begin to describe this group, the way the music is arranged draws you in from start to finish, they definitely believe in the “change-up”, so don’t get too comfortable with any particular groove, they’ll flip it in a second!
Hopefully this album sparks your interest in the group, they have so much great music that isn’t heard about/talked about here in the states. In fact, you can check their discography here.
Check out the sound!
Falcon Love Call ( Armazém Nº 2)
Águia Não Come Mosca
Avenida das Mangueiras
A Presa
Design
The cover is striking! Very powerful in its appearance, I love it. From the type, to the rays bursting around the eagle, this is a very strong piece. Honestly, I am not exactly sure what it’s trying to visually convey, but it definitely stands out. Looks as if the eagle is carrying to glass balls of sand (???), I even tried translating the title of the album to see if that would help, but it made no sense…translations came back as:
1. Eagle Does not eat Fly
2. Eagle Eateth not Fly
3. Do not Come Fly Eagle
None of those really helped me out lol! Anyway, ENJOY THE MUSIC!
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2 Comments
WTF D! Where’d you find another Azymuth record!!!
Love what i see HEAR. I’ll most certainly be back for more. First track sounds a bit like old Ramsey Lewis. I like it, I like it a lot!