O Trem Azul
Context
Composed by Lô Borges and Ronaldo Bastos, O Trem Azul appears on the double album Clube da Esquina (EMI-Odeon, March 1972), recorded in late 1971 between a house in Piratininga and the Odeon studios in Rio. Lô Borges sings, Toninho Horta plays electric guitar, Wagner Tiso organ, and Robertinho Silva drums. Musicologist Jonathon Grasse hears in it a jazz-tinged pop-rock hit.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais), Brazilian instrumental music. Among the origins and influences of Clube da Esquina: Bossa nova, jazz samba.