Som Imaginário

Som Imaginário emerged from Brazil's Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais state during the 1970s. Alongside songwriters Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, they helped create the Clube Da Esquina musical movement, Brazil's most influential musical export after bossa nova and Tropicalia. Som Imaginário, founded by Wagner Tiso, Robertinho Silva, and others, offered an almost boundaryless sound that effortlessly wed jazz, classical, rock (progressive and psychedelic), MPB, and bossa nova. Following their appearance on Nascimento's Milton in 1970, they issued an eponymous outing on Odeon. ...