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Os Afro Sambas/Vontade
Baden Powell;Vinicius de Moraes
Os Afro Sambas/Vontade
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Latin Music
 
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Vinicius de Moraes was the principal lyricist of Bossa Nova, ('Girl from Ipanema', 'Chega de Saudade' and 'Insensatez' are amongst the famous international hit songs he wrote with Tom Jobim), and Os Afro-Sambas is his resp...  more »

     
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All Artists: Baden Powell;Vinicius de Moraes
Title: Os Afro Sambas/Vontade
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: El [Cherry Red]
Release Date: 5/13/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Latin Music
Styles: South & Central America, Brazil
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929313736

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Vinicius de Moraes was the principal lyricist of Bossa Nova, ('Girl from Ipanema', 'Chega de Saudade' and 'Insensatez' are amongst the famous international hit songs he wrote with Tom Jobim), and Os Afro-Sambas is his response to the commercialization of the movement in the mid '60s. Co-written with the brilliant Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell and eventually released in 1966, these eight songs combine Powell's melodic gifts with Bahian Folk traditions and Gregorian chant. With the joyous vocalizations of Quarteto Em Cy, the atmosphere is at once haunting and spontaneous. The music hasn't even begun to date. Recorded at a time when musicians around the world were looking to break down barriers - between Classical and Pop, East and West - but the Afro-Sambas appear to recognize no such barriers in the first place. El. 2008.

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Os Afro Sambas is a perfect record
Robert Keith | New York, NY USA | 02/04/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Os Afro Sambas is, in my opinion, the finest Brazilian album ever recorded. It sounds like nothing else that came before it or since.



I'm a fan of Tropicalia, Brazilian Nordeste and Forro. Os Afro Sambas doesn't fit neatly into any category. Vinicius and Baden both had roots in Bossa Nova, but this album was their intentional attempt to move beyond it. It's experimental with wonderful hooks, spontaneous lead vocals, haunting Gregorian female vocals, spare songs and loose, but perfect, production. It's not as hi-fi as the albums that would follow it, but it doesn't need to be.



Vontade is also included with Os Afro Sambas on this CD, but, as fine as it is, I find it distracting and out of place."