Marcha Sobre a Cidade

This out-of-the-way classic helps kick off the vanguarda paulista movement in São Paulo, a short-lived communal experimentation in the creation of music without major label backing. The avant-garde leanings of the genre enticed me to dig a little deeper, and finding this album was the result of a very short search. Side B really breaks things down--in a good way--from the beginning with a lot of experimentation with minimal percussion and silence before launching into a fuller jazzy groove.