NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Azymuth on 28 September 2018. Azymuth has been played on NTS over 360 times, featured on 319 episodes and was first played on 4 November 2012.

Brazilian electrified trio Azymuth called their music samba doido, which means "crazy samba." The actual sounds, though, were not so crazy: the intelligent, high-voltage blend of Brazilian rhythms, jazz, and funk with occasional acoustic episodes gained a sizable following in the 1980s.

The members of the group included José Roberto Bertrami (born February 21, 1946, in Tatui; died July 8, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro) on acoustic piano and keyboards,…