Minuano

Minuano is a cold southwesterly

high atmospheric pressure, usually following rains caused by the shock of the cold front with warmer stationary humid air. Sometimes it produces a "howling" sound.^[1]

In popular culture

The opening track of the 1987 album Still Life (Talking) by American jazz band the Pat Metheny Group is named after the occurrence. The track, written by Metheny and Lyle Mays, was established as the mantra for the album, which prominently features Brazilian jazz-inspired works.

Jazz singer Kurt Elling also did a vocalese version of this same song as the leading cut on his "Man In The Air" album.

"Minuano" was the codename of "Jetstream" Samuel Rodrigues, a character in the video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, who is also Brazilian.

Brazilian singer and composer Rosa Passos wrote a song entitled "Minuano" in her album "Pano Pra Manga".

References

^ "Wind Patterns". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

32°04′00″S 53°46′00″W / 32.0667°S 53.7667°W / -32.0667; -53.7667

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[1] "Wind Patterns". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

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