The Western motif on the double-fold album jacket -- with in costume -- signals this as another companion album to a TV special. But there is a deeper significance to this LP, for shortly after its release, a burned-out, personally troubled disbanded and retired from music for awhile. Indeed, stretches of this record reveal a tired group and a leader whose trumpet has lost much of its old zip. Even so, as on all albums, there are several gems -- the stunning shifts in texture and tempo that enliven the worn-out the chugging bluegrass-tinged arrangement of "The Little Train of the Caipira" that masquerades under the name of the title track, a haunting rendition of "I'll Be Back," the fast samba treatment of "Anna." and contribute an occasional orchestration, and does a modest vocal turn on the lush "You Are My Life." But this time, the old sales magic was gone; had suddenly become unhip in polarized 1969. ~ Richard S. Ginell