António Pinho Vargas – As Folhas Novas Mudam De Cor (1987)

Jazzy tunes, strong on melody, a bit skimpy on the improv - jazz-chanson, if you will (as evidenced by a sweet dedication piece for early Tom Waits), but sans vocals, signed by a future modernist composer (starting with the fairly interesting Monodia, from 1994), although you never would have guessed it based on his jazz records. This is probably my favorite of those; possibly because it was my first, since they are all formally similar: charming and tasteful all the way through, for the most part painstakingly avoiding any semblance of dissonance - a move I do not tend to favor but, even I must admit, that is one fine moustache.