The Assads perform wide-ranging work from their native Brazil, which the Los Angeles Times calls “a fertile fusion nexus for guitarists.” Says Sérgio, “Some people call this jazz, some call it avant-garde, but the Brazilians just call it popular music.”
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Sérgio and Odair Assad perform wide-ranging work from their native Brazil, which the Los Angeles Times calls “a fertile fusion nexus for guitarists.” Says Sérgio, “Some people call this jazz, some call it avant-garde, but the Brazilians just call it popular music.” Included are works by Villa-Lobos, Pascoal, and works by Sérgio himself.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Robert Hurwitz and Arthur Moorhead
Recorded November 1987 at Kruiskerk, Bergum, The Netherlands
Recording engineer: John Newton
Assistant engineer: Henk Jansen
Digital editing: E. Amelia Rogers and Henk Kooistra
Art direction and design: Steven Byram
Photographs by Michel Delsol
Photo treatment: Mark Malabrigo
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MUSICIANS
Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad, guitars