• 1. Luar Do Sertão
      • 2. Sonho No Céu
      • 3. Meu Balanço
      • 4. Lady Samba
      • 5. Apenas Um Coração Solitário
      • 6. Jael
      • 7. Walking
      • 8. Satiricon
      • 9. Carmen
      • 10. Meiguice
      • 11. Petite Fils
      • 12. Zoraia

      'Meu Balanço' was originally released on CBS Records Brazil in 1975. It is Brazilian big band, orchestrated jazz-funk at its finest. Echoing the library and film productions created in Europe and the USA at the time, it also displays the hallmarks of Waltel’s heritage with distinct threads of Brazilian flavour running throughout. The musicians on the record include under-the-radar players that were the backbone of the Brazilian music industry in the 1970s including Luizão Maia on bass, Edmundo Maciel on trombone and Paulinho Braga on drums.

      The album flirts between jazz-funk, cinematic library excursions, breaks and beats, easy-listening, and 70s cop show instrumentals. It is a breezy ride into Waltel's world, wonderfully nostalgic and of another time and place, yet snippets of the production echo the beats of contemporary hip-hop iconic artists such as Madlib, knxwledge and The Alchemist.

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