Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo - Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer (Only If You Don't Want It, You Can't Do It) (Som Da Gente/Intuition/Capitol, 1987)

This post is by Scott

Hermeto Pascoal (p, kybd, clv, hrm, bandola, concertina, flhn, tu mouthpiece, perc); Carlos Malta (ts, as, bs, fl); Teco Cardoso (fl); Dominguinhos (acc); Rafael Rabello (g); Jovino Santos (p, el p, acc, fl, pic); Itiberê Zwarg (b, tu); Márcio Bahia (d, pandeiro); Pernambuco (perc); Silvana Malta (vo); Antonio Bruno Zwarg (vo); Ana Maria Malta (vo); Arismar Do Espírito Santo (vo); Mauro Rodrigues (vo)

Recorded in March 1987

Like most American music-lovers who are aware of Hermeto Pascoal, I've always tended to associate him and his music with the 1970s -- with Airto, Miles, Slaves Mass, and so on.  

I've since learned that the series of LPs Pascoal made in the 80s -- after he'd returned to Brazil and formed his amazing Grupo -- are some of the most interesting records he ever made.

More Hermeto Pascoal

During the 1980s, Pascoal released four albums with his Grupo on the Brazilian Som Da Gente label: 

- Hermento Pascoal & Grupo (1982), 

- Lagoa Da Canoa Município De Arapiraca (1984), 

- Brasil Universo (1986), and 

- Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer (1987).

This four-disc run of albums represents some of the most compelling music in Hermeto's long career.  I recommend all of them highly.