Tamba Trio

Recorded and released in the mid-'70s, this album finds the Tamba Trio taking the heart of their 1960s sound — centered around a piano trio-styled groove with three-part harmony — and combining it with '70s-style effects. The production style is very mellow and sweet with sonic treatments such as subtly shaded phase shifters and flangers that add a filmy, gauzy tinge to the arrangements. This is interesting in the sense that the charts — written by Luiz Enca — include other instruments played by notable guests that seem to reflect the sound of a piano trio in a mirror-like way, giving the entire set a gorgeously rounded, dreamy sound.