Brazilian fusion band Cama de Gato (with Meirelles)

Thank you so much for recommending these guys, who I never heard before.

It's very similar to the more recently posted Sacbe, or perhaps Mexican composer Batiz with his fusion masterpiece, Arlequin (though admittedly, not quite as high in quality).

Discogged here. They made a slew of smooth, latin-influenced (though not excessively so) fusionary albums in the 1980s moving through to the close to the present day / year. Oddly enough, in a strange reversal of the usual order of universal things, the last release called Agua de Chuva holds the most interesting music. Compositions by Moraes are quite interesting.

The lusciously gorgeous and sexy Homem:

I just can't believe what the composer achieves on this song. First of all the slow build, the introduction of that incredible alto sax playing, then the layers of strings that add so much in between phrases, the constantly modulating chords and keys-- an effect that makes you feel like you're floatingon air from cloud to cloud perhaps, because a phrase instead of completing into the tonic key just moves to a totally different and unrelated key, leading to that really off balance feeling-- this composition is just outstanding. 

What makes it even more shocking to me is that it came out after the turn of the millenium-- you might recall that in the zeitgeist culture, one decade of alternative and heavy metal were still going strong, on the other hand there was folky Lilith Fair, so called electronica which of course morphed into the ubiquitous dance music that is constantly played on the radio these days, and hip hop the style that hasn't budged an inch since the late 1980s including their ridiculous low rise pants, which in the past, would have been considered uncool, but I guess swearing constantly, calling women bitches and ho's and using the 'n' word never goes out of style.  The longevity of rap just never ceases to astound me...

Anyways, with regards to Cama de Gato, it's hard to believe a band of artists could be so uncompromising as to make such out of date music in the year of 2002.  But thanks from the bottom of my heart to them! You can see from the database that the composer is (not Pascoal Meirelles but) keyboardist Jota Moraes, who we will explore further shortly.