‘O Tero dos homens’ expands the tape with an unheard session from the residency, bringing extra conceptual depth and compositional weight to the original set. The duo’s restraint is evident immediately, when Leonard’s faded, blues-y riffs collide with Serra’s subtle saturations on opener ‘De passeio pelo Alto de So Joo’. Both players leave enough room for their contributions to intermingle harmoniously, and Serra’s noisy textures – buzzing like a broken air conditioner – add an important roughness to Leonard’s relatively straightforward recitations. And when they add more density, like on the rolling, lysergic ‘Do Menino Deus’, this philosophy holds firm; Serra’s thick tonal clouds, interrupted and pitch shifted by his cassette treatments, work like a drone note that roots Leonard’s free spirited improvisations.
- A1 De Passeio Pelo Alto De Sao Joao
- A10 Martires
- A2 Do Menino Deus
- A3 Das Merces
- A4 Do Sagrado Coracao
- A5 Da Memoria
- A6 A Nossa Saudade
- A7 Da Nossa Senhora Da Conceicao
- A8 Sao Domingos
- A9 Da Madalena
- B1 Real Irmandade (Fodida)
- B2 Da Nossa Senhora De Saude
- B3 Igreja Renovada (Live in Lisbon)
- B4 O Tero Dos Homens
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