was an important group in Brazilian music in the '60s and '70s -- from which came several successful solo artists: , (then ), (a virtuoso in rock guitar and choro mandolin), and . Other support musicians for their recordings included here had already constituted a band called , which also had some international success playing electric choro. This is their second album, released in 1972. The work displays a strong influence from , with whom they had been together in the preceding year (clearly felt in ' ). But it is not related to bossa nova in any way, consisting of explorations of the group's compositions in acoustic and electric settings, with freshness and originality. The album has some important songs, including a classic by rejected by that deals with the appreciation for Brazilian music by American people; ; ; and ~ Alvaro Neder