Samba Esquema Novo

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 28:27

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CHOVA CHUVA

Lisel

This song makes me wish I had become a musician. You don't need to speak Portuguese to understand the sadness. Jorge Ben makes the listener hear with the soul and see with the mind's eye.

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Ben’s first full-length record, this 1963 release contains the hit singles “Mas Que Nada” and “Chove Chuva” and typifies the light yet propulsive rhythms that afforded Ben a decades-long career in Brazilian pop. Not yet pared down to the more rock- and Afro percussive-driven sound he eventually developed, Samba Esquema Novo (which translates to “New Style Samba”) is replete with swirling bossa nova rhythms and soaring choruses. Its big-band-style accompaniment, nicely off-set by Ben’s signature minor-tone guitar workings, propels the set into an upbeat and enjoyable listen. – Travis Drageset