Azymuth
With more than 25 studio albums to their credit the band Azymuth are one of the
most enduring jazz funk groups in Brazilian music today. The original band were
formed in 1973 and consisted of Jose Roberto Bertrami on keyboards, Alex
Malheiros on bass and guitar and Ivan Conti on drums and percussion.
The band is best known for the period between 1979 and 1988 when they were
signed to the American jazz label Milestone Records. During this time they
released a series of critically-acclaimed albums including 'Outubro' in 1980 and
'Spectrum' in 1985. Bertani left the band in 1988 ...
