Triste Janero

From Dallas, the late-'60s quintet Triste Janero played rather out-of-fashion easy listening vocal music that skirted both the softest border of pop/rock, and the breezy, Brazilian vocal pop-jazz by the likes of Sergio Mendes. Their 1969 single, "Rene de Marie," was a hit in Dallas, and they made an obscure album for the White Whale label that year. The group broke up in 1970 or 1971, around the same time White Whale was folding, with keyboardist Cass Moore going on to play with Dallas country singer Sami Jo Cole. ~ Richie Unterberger