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Samba Esquema Novo [UK Import] Vinyl
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Samba Esquema Novo is where Jorge Ben's story begins, a 1963 debut that introduced a brand-new swing to Brazilian music, here as a UK import pressing.
In the early 1960s, bossa nova ruled Rio with its cool, whispered elegance. Jorge Ben arrived with something earthier and more urgent: a percussive, almost rock-and-roll approach to the acoustic guitar, a voice that bounced and chanted rather than crooned, and songs that pulled samba toward rhythm and blues. The album's title promises a "new scheme" for samba, and it delivered, laying foundations for the samba-rock style he would develop throughout his long and celebrated career.
The opening track, "Mas, Que Nada!", is the one the world knows, a joyful, chanting call that became a global standard after Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66 recorded it a few years later. "Chove Chuva" glides on a gentle, rain-soaked melancholy, while "Balança Pema" and "Por Causa de Você, Menina" show off his playful, syncopated phrasing and the horn-flecked arrangements that give the album so much bounce.
For anyone exploring Brazilian music beyond the bossa nova classics, this is a cornerstone. It still sounds like a party happening just around the corner, the kind you hear before you see.
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