Song No. 176 — Rio | Roberto Menescal & Ronaldo Bôscoli (1963)

Rio was introduced by Os Cariocas in June 1963. Although actually only the B-side of Pra Que Chorar, released in advance of the album As Bossas dos Cariocas, the catchy Rio became a hit with radio stations and the public, reaching number 31 in the year-end charts and becoming Os Cariocas’s most successful single release.

Even though the number of recordings declined noticeably at the end of the 1960s, the buoyant Rio became an instant bossa nova classic, with around 100 recordings to date. Roberto Menescal himself recorded the song in 1963 and 1964, and then a few more times from 1987 onwards.

Selected recordings of Rio:

1. Os Cariocas from the single Pra Que Chorar b/w Rio (1963, Philips P-61.207) and the album As Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

  
Artwork for As Bossa dos Cariocas by Paulo Brèves

2. Roberto Menescal from the album A Bossa Nova de Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto (1963, Elenco ME-3)

   
Artwork for A Bossa Nova de Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

3. Lúcio Alves from the album Balançamba (1963, Elenco ME-2)

   
Artwork for Balançamba by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Perreira

4. Waltinho (Walter Gonçalves) from the album Magi Ritmo (1963, Magisom GMLP 1010)

   

5. Sylvia Telles from the album Bossa, Balanço, Balada (1963, Elenco ME-5)

   
Artwork for Bossa, Balanço, Balada by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Perreira

6. Hélio Mendes e Seu Trio Vagalume from the album Na Bossa (1963, Musiplay LPM 1110), also released as Bossa Castelinho credited to Quarteto Arpoador (1965, Esquema EDL-MU 5024 and 1965, Egal EDL-MU 5024)

   

    
Artwork for Bossa Castelinho by Joselito with photographs by Mafra

7. Pery Ribeiro from the album Pery é Todo Bossa (1963, Odeon MOFB 3314)

    
Artwork for Pery é Todo Bossa with photograph by Mafra

8. Lauro Paiva from the album Tim… Dom… Dom… – Lauro Paiva e Seu Conjunto e Coro do Clube do Guri (1963, Caravelle LP-CAR 33.003)

   

9. Marlene from the single Rio b/w Nosso Cantinho (1963, Continental 78-255)

10. Tamba Trio from the album Avanço (1963, Philips P 632.154 L)

   
Artwork for Avanço by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Francisco Perreira

11. Orquestra Brasil Moderno from the album A Revolução (1963, Odeon MOFB 3357)

   

12. Trio Samba from the album Samba! Samba! Samba! (1964, Philips P 632.198 L)

   
Artwork for Samba! Samba! Samba! by Paulo Brèves

13. Roberto Menescal from the album Bossa Nova (1964, Imperial/Odeon IMP 30.060)

   

14. Agostinho dos Santos from the album Vanguarda (1964, RGE XRLP 5231)

   

15. Os Intocáveis from the album Os Intocáveis (1964, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2004)

   

16. Ely Arcoverde from the album Balanço, Balanço, Balanço (1964, RGE XRLP 5235)

    

17. Os Copa Vips from the album Samba “Comme Il Faut” (1964, Copacabana CLP 11358)

    

18. Zézinho (José Batista da Silva Júnior) from the album Rio… Suave é a Noite (1964, Cartaz LPC-5001)

   

19. Paulinho Nogueira from the album A Nova Bossa é Violão (1964, RGE XRLP 5227)

   
Artwork for A Nova Bossa é Violão by Tide Hellmeister

20. Manfredo Fest from the album Evolução (1964, RGE XRLP 5236)

   

21. Edgar e Os Tais from the album O Assunto… é Edgard (1964, Farroupilha LPFA-404)

   
Artwork for O Assunto… é Edgard by Parlagreco

22. Mário Gennari Filho from the album Sucessos (1965, Odeon MOFB 3425)

23. João Donato from the album A Bossa Muito Moderna de João Donato e Seu Trio (1965, Polydor LPNG 4107)

Artwork for A Bossa Muito Moderna de João Donato e Seu Trio by Paulo Brèves

24. Edmundo Peruzzi from the album Rio-Show (1965, Independente STU-01)

   

25. The Ipanema Pop Orchestra from the album Bossa Nova for Swingin’s Lovers (1965, London/Odeon LLB 1001)

26. Lyrio Panicali from the album Lyrio Panicali Faz Samba em 2 Tempos (1967, Ritmos/Codil CDL 13007)

   

Selected recordings of Rio originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Paul Winter with Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Menescal and Luiz Eça from the album Rio (1965, Columbia [USA] CS 9115)

   

RIO

Rio que mora no mar • Sorrio pro meu Rio • Que tem no seu mar • Lindas flores que nascem morenas • Em jardins de sol

Rio, serras de veludo • Sorrio pro meu Rio • Que sorri de tudo • Que é dourado quase todo dia • E alegre como a luz

Rio é mar, eterno se fazer amar • O meu Rio é lua • Amiga branca e nua

É sol, é sal, é sul • São mãos se descobrindo em todo azul • Por isso é que meu Rio da mulher beleza • Acaba num instante com qualquer tristeza • Meu Rio que não dorme porque não se cansa • Meu Rio que balança

Sou Rio, sorrio • Sou Rio, sorrio • Sou Rio, sorrio • Sou Rio, sorrio • Sou Rio, sorrio

Song No. 168 — Madrugada 3:05 | Ismael Netto, Antônio Maria & Reinaldo Dias Leme (1955)

Madrugada 3:05 was introduced in March 1955 by Nora Ney as A-side to Vamos Falar de Saudade.

After Ismael de Araújo Silva Netto’s untimely death in 1956 at the age of 30, Os Cariocas released his composition Madrugada 3:05 in 1957 on Os Cariocas a Ismael Neto, their tribute album to their co-founder. This version was reissued twice, first in 1960 on the album O Melhor de Cariocas by Severino Filho, Netto’s brother and second co-founder of Os Cariocas, and again in 1963 on the album Os Cariocas. Although Netto’s importance lies mainly in his innovative vocal arrangements, he has also composed songs, including Canção da Volta and Valsa de uma Cidade (lyrics by Antônio Maria).

Madrugada 3:05 translates as “dawn 3:05” and allegedly at this time on 15 October 1964 the co-lyricist of the song Antônio Maria de Araújo Morais passed away in Copacabana. Maria wrote about 60 songs including Manhã de Carnaval and Samba do Orfeu (music by Luiz Bonfá), O Amor e a Rosa (music by Ayres da Costa Pessoa ‘Pernambuco’) and Ninguém me Ama (music by Fernando Lobo).

Apparently, Madrugada 3:05 was recorded only once more in 1961 by Lúcio Alves, arranged by Carlos Monteiro de Souza.

Selected recordings of Madrugada 3:05:

1. Nora Ney from the single Madrugada 3:05 b/w Vamos Falar de Saudade (1955, Continental 17.087)

2. Os Cariocas from the album Os Cariocas a Ismael Neto (1957, Columbia LPCB 37012)

   

3. Lúcio Alves from the album Cantando Depois do Sol (1961, Philips P 630.440 L)

   

MADRUGADA 3:05

Briguei com você • Madrugada três e cinco • Três e dez, me arrependi • De fazer você sofrer • Mas eu tinha razão • Em fazer aquela cena • Mas às vezes vale a pena • A gente se arrepender

Briguei com você • Já sabia • Todo dia • Vai ser assim • Curar o meu ciúme • Meu amor • Que bom sería • Mas eu gosto de você • Muito mais do que de mim

Song No. 125 — Só Danço Samba | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes (1962)

Só Danço Samba was introduced as part of the historical concert series staged by Aloysio de Oliveira during August and September of 1962 in one of Copacabana’s hippest night clubs at that time, the ‘Bon Gourmet’—although not officially issued on vinyl, recordings were bootlegged decades later as O Encontro au ‘Bon Gourmet’, documenting also Vinícius de Moraes’ first public performance as a singer.

Só Danço Samba was performed shortened as the opening number with vocals by Os Cariocas alone and in full as the penultimate number with João Gilberto joining Os Cariocas on vocals as well as part of the closing medley. The musicians were João Gilberto on the guitar, Antônio Carlos Jobim on piano, Otávio Bailly on bass and Milton Banana on drums.

On record, Só Danço Samba was introduced in October 1962 by Elza Laranjeira as A-side to Samba do Avião. The release preceded her forthcoming and final album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius. An accompaying EP featured all four sambas included on that album. The effective musical arrangement of Laranjeira’s recording by Erlon Chaves was reutilised by Héctor Costita the following year for his version on the second album under his alias Don Júnior.

In November 1962, Só Danço Samba was also featured in the release of the movie Copacabana Palace, an Italian-French-Brazilian co-production presenting Só Danço Samba as the background of a party scene performed by João Gilberto and Os Cariocas.

Só Danço Samba became in instant classic with about 30 recordings in 1963 alone, followed by hundreds over the decades. Commercially, Elza Soares enjoyed the most successful version reaching number 88 of 1963.

With English lyrics provided by Norman Gimbel the song also gained immediate international popularity titled Jazz Samba, Jazz ‘n’ Samba or occasionally I Only Dance Samba.

Selected recordings of Só Danço Samba:

1. João Gilberto & Os Cariocas at Bon Gourmet (1962)

2. Elza Laranjeira from the single Só Danço Samba b/w Samba do Avião (1962, RGE RGE 10.469-a) and the album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius (1963, RGE XRLP 5188)

   

3. Juarez Araújo from the album Bossa Nova nos ‘States’ (1962, Masterplay MDL 13020)

  

4. Célia Reis with MPB4 from the album O Samba é Célia Reis (1962, Philips P 632.112 L)

  
Art work for O Samba é Célia Reis by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

5. Conjunto Masterplay from the album O Balanço e a Bossa (1962, Masterplay MDL 13021) aka Os Infernais da Bossa from the album É Balanço (c.1963, Exitos GEE LP.13004)

   

6. Zé Maria from the album Tudo Azul (1963, Continental PPL 12079)

  

7. Héctor Costita aka Don Júnior from the album Sambas N^o. 2 – Don Júnior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso (1963, RGE XRLP 5208)

  

8. Elza Soares from the album Sambossa (1963, Odeon MOFB 3296)

9. Astor Silva from the album Samba… Só Samba! (1963, CBS 37310)

   

10. Ed Lincoln from the album Seu Piano e Seu Órgão Espetacular (1963, Musidisc XPL-27)

   
Art work for Seu Piano e Seu Órgão Espetacular by Joselito

11. Carlos Monteiro de Souza from the album Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova (1963, Philips P 632.134 L)

   
Art work for Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

12. Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá from the album Jazz Samba Encore! (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8523 and Odeon [BRA] MOFB 261)

Art work for Jazz Samba Encore! with painting by Olga Albizú

13. Os Cariocas from the album A Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

14. Orquestra Os Bossambistas from the album Só Danço Samba (1963, DIMP D-1014) aka Bossa Brass from the album Bossa Brass Apresenta a Música Maravilhosa de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1966, Plaza Hi-Fi 13002)

   

15. Celso Murilo from the album Órgão e Ritmo (1963, Pawal P-20.033) aka Convida a Dançar (1963, Masterplay Hi-Fi MDL-13.029)

  

   
Art work for Convida a Dançar with photograph by Mafra

16. Hélio Mendes from the album Weekend em Guarapari (1963, Musiplay LPM 1109)

  

17. Sylvio Vianna from the album Rio a Noite (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1228)

   

18. Conjunto Sambossa from the album Isto é Bossa Nova Mesmo (1963, Pawal P-20.026)

   

19. Trio Irakitan from the albumTrio Irakitan (1963, Odeon MOFB 3368)

  

20. Walter Wanderley from the album Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley (1963, Odeon MOFB 3358)

21. Ritmistas da Bossa Nova from the album Balanço & Bossa Nova (1963, Musiplay LPM 1105)

  

22. Tamba Trio from the album Avanço (1963, Philips P 632.154 L)

  
Art work for Avanço by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Francisco Perreira

23. Irmãos do Ritmo from the album Baile de Bossa (c.1963, Everest 93.001)

  
Art work for Baile de Bossa by Edison Saes

24. Exposito from the album Bossa With a Beat (1963, RCA Victor ‎BSP-14)

  

25. Nelsinho from the album Nelsinho e Seus Trombones (1963, Magisom GMLP 1.011)

  
Art work for Nelsinho e Seus Trombones with photograph by Mafra

26. Manoel da Conceição from the album Seu Violao e Muito Samba (1963, Polydor LPNG 4072)

  

27. Stan Getz & João Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto (1964, Verve Records [USA] V6-8545 and Verve/Odeon [BRA] MOFB 291)

   
Art work for Getz/Gilberto with painting by Olga Albizú

28. Orquestra Os Modernistas from the album Baile Moderno (1964, Chantecler CMG 2271)

   

29. Conjunto Jovem Brasa from the album Apresenta Samba Jovem (1966, RCA Victor BBL 1365)

30. Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes from the album Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes (1967, Elenco MEV-12)

   
Art work for Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes by César G. Villela

Selected medleys including Só Danço Samba:

1. Lennie Dale & Bossa Três from the album Um Show de Bossa (1963, Elenco ME-12)

  
Art work for Um Show de Bossa by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Perreira

2. Fred & Richard from the album Grande Baile – Vol. 3 (1966, GED1.011)

  

Selected recordings of Só Danço Samba originally not issued in Brazil:

1. João Gilberto & Os Cariocas from the EP Copacabana Palace (1962, Festival [FRA] FY 45 2320 S)

  

2. J.T. Meirelles aka João & His Bossa Kings from the album Cool Samba (1962, Battle [USA] BM 6123)

  

3. Sérgio Mendes from the album Quiet Nights (recorded 1963, released 1966, Philips [USA] PHS 600.263)

  
Art work for Quiet Nights with photograph by Robt. Prokop

4. Wanda de Sah from the album Softly (1965, Capitol Records [USA] T-2325)

5. Charlie Byrd from the album Brazilian Byrd (1966, Columbia [USA] CS 9137)

   

6. Leny Andrade & Breno Sauer Quarteto from the album Leny Andrade (1966, Discos RVV [MEX] RVV-116)

7. Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio from the album Ella & Duke at the Côte D’Azur (1966, Verve [USA] V6-4072-2)

Art work for Ella & Duke at the Côte D’Azur by Jeanne-Pierre Leloir

Só Danço Samba performed by Os Cariocas & João Gilberto in the film Copacabana Palace (1962)

SÓ DANÇO SAMBA

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Já dancei o twist até demais • Mas não sei, me cansei • Do calipso, ao chá chá chá

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

JAZZ SAMBA

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Yo do si yo twista que je mais • My no say me con se do calypso cha cha cha

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

The jazz samba the jazz samba • How it gets to you

The jazz samba the jazz samba • The jazz samba the jazz samba • Thrills you through and through • You get that feelin’ you start a’reelin’

That crazy beat, the way they play their tunes • The brazilian beat can’t be beat • You’ll be hummin’ too

The jazz samba the jazz samba • How it gets to you • Come on get with ’em and start that rhythm

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Yo do si yo twista que je mais • My no say me con se do calypso cha cha cha

So danço samba so danço samba • So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Here she comes here she comes • I can’t move tonight so I’ll have to stay right • Here she comes here, here she comes here she comes

[English lyrics by Norman Gimbel]

Song No. 83 — Zelão | Sérgio Ricardo (1960)

Zelão was introduced in June 1960 by João Mansur Lufti, artistically known as Sérgio Ricardo, as B-side to O Nosso Olhar. Both songs were also included on his second album titled A Bossa Romântica de Sergio Ricardo, which was arranged by Lindolpho Gaya and produced by Aloysio de Oliveira. Zelão soon became a big B-sided hit, reaching number 43 of 1960 and remaining as Ricardos most successful single.

In 1958, after returning from São Paulo where he applied for some movie castings and worked in various music programs, Ricardo watched a landslide from his window, burying the huts of a small favela. Stirred up by the scene, he composed Zelão as one of the earliest compositions in the emerging bossa nova movement dealing with social issues. In the years to come, Ricardo’s work would become more politically involved.

In October 1960, Os Cariocas were the first to pick up Zelão and apparently the only ones to release the song as an A-sided single. Paulinho Nogueira was obviously very fond of the song as he recorded it several times inlcuding at a concert at the Teatro Paramount in São Paulo.

Of particular note among the various interpretations of Zelão are the ones of Bossa Três with French accordionist Joss Baselli aka Jo Basile and Elza Soares.

Selected recordings of Zelão:

1. Sérgio Ricardo from the single O Nosso Olhar b/w Zelão (1960, Odeon 14.633) and the album A Bossa Romântica de Sergio Ricardo (1960, Odeon MOFB 3168)

  

2. Os Cariocas from the single Zelão b/w Manifesto (1960, Continental 17.827-a) and the album As Maiorais de 1960 (1960, Continental LPP 3137)

   

3. Guimarães from the album É Fogo!!! (1961, Odeon MOFB 3250)

   
Artwork for É Fogo!!! by César G. Villela with photograph by Nagib Allit

4. Celso Murilo from the album Samba na Passarela (1961, Pawal P-20.002), also issued on the compilation album Samba ao Vivo credited Conjunto Balambossa (c. 1963, Coledisc CD 012) and on the uncredited compilation album Samba Exportação (c.1970, Itamaraty ITAM-7079)

   

  

   

5. Oscar Castro Neves from the album Big Band Bossa Nova (1962, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1983)

   

6. Coral de Ouro Preto from the album Coral de Ouro Preto (1962, Odeon MOFB 3273)

7. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Outros Sambas de Ontem e de Hoje (1962, RGE XRLP 5154)

   

8. Renato Mendes from the album Renato Mendes e Seu Órgão (1962, Mocambo LP 40082)

   
Artwork for Renato Mendes e Seu Órgão by Wilton de Souza

9. Sérgio Ricardo and Milton Banana Trio from the album Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2101)

   

10. Bossa Três from the album Os Bossa Três (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1988)

   

11. Bossa Três and Jo Basile from the album Bossa Três & Jo Basile (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1989)

   

12. Ely Arcoverde from the album O Órgão Que Canta Sambas Vol. 2 (1963, RGE XRLP 5212)

   

13. Turquinho from the album Samba de Bossa (1963, Chantecler CMG 2212)

  

14. André Penazzi from the album Órgão… Samba… Percussão – Vol. 2 (1963, Audio Fidelity DFM 3021)

   
Artwork for Órgão… Samba… Percussão – Vol. 2 by Oscar Costa

15. Os Diplomatas no Samba & Paulo Roberto from the album Os Diplomatas no Samba com Paulo Roberto ao Órgão (1963, Philips P 632.148 L)

   

16. Paulinho Nogueira from the album A Bossa no Paramount (1965, RGE XRLP 5268)

    Artwork for A Bossa no Paramount by Tide Hellmeister

17. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Violão e Samba com Paulinho Nogueira (1973, Continental SLP 10.108)

   

18. Elza Soares from the album Elza Soares (1973, Odeon SMOFB 3817)

19. Eduardo Conde from the album Série Temas 1 – Fim de Caso / Reconciliação / Solidariedade (1975, Marcus Pereira MPL 1030)

   

Selected medleys including Zelão:

1. Lana Bittencourt from the album Lana no 1800 (1965, Philips P 632.774 L)

   

2. Helena de Lima from the album Outra Noite no Cangaceiro (1965, RGE XRLP 5285)

   

3. Sylvia Telles, Edu Lobo and Tamba Trio from the album Reencontro (1966, Elenco ME-31)

   
Artwork for Reencontro by Eddie Moyna

4. O Quarteto from the album Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois (1977, Philips 6349 301)

Artwork for Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois by Aldo Luiz and Jorge Vianna with photographs by Penna Prearo

Recordings of Zelão originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Izio Gross from the album Bossa Nova in Rhythm (c. 1963, Kristal Linea Económica Kubaney [Mexico] KS-1154), and the EP Rio y Yo “Eu e o Rio” (c.1963 Cubalegre [Spain] CEP-1519)

   

ZELÃO

Todo morro entendeu quando o Zelão chorou • Ninguém riu, ninguém brincou, e era Carnaval • No fogo de um barracão • Só se cozinha ilusão • Restos que a feira deixou • E ainda é pouco só • Mas assim mesmo o Zelão • Dizia sempre a sorrir • Que um pobre ajuda outro pobre até melhorar

Choveu, choveu • A chuva jogou seu barraco no chão • Nem foi possível salvar violão • Que acompanhou morro abaixo a canção • Das coisas todas que a chuva levou • Pedaços tristes do seu coração

Song No. 74 — Vê | Roberto Menescal & Luis Fernando Freire (1964)

Vê was introduced in 1965, probably by Turma do Bom Balanço on their self-titled album. The one-time all-star cast arranged and directed by Waltel Branco included three varying line-ups, of which Vê featured K-Ximbinho on alto sax, Aurino on baritone sax, Ed Maciel on trombone, Pedro Paulo on piston, Dom Salvador on organ, Neco on guitar, Sérgio Barroso on bass and Édison Machado on drums.

Apparently, only four more recording were made, including two more instrumentals of which Charles Delaney’s seems unavailable. Milton Banana chose Vê as the title track of his second album in 1965, directed by Lyrio Panicali. Os Cariocas, arranged by Severino Filho, and Rosa Maria Colin, directed by Lyrio Panicali and orchestrated by João Theodoro Meirelles, recorded two vocal renditions before the song undeservedly vanished.

Selected recordings of Vê:

1. Turma do Bom Balanço from the album A Turma do Bom Balanço (1965, Mocambo LP 40262)

   

2. Os Cariocas from the album Os Cariocas de Quatrocentas Bossas (1965, Philips P 632.753 L)

  

3. Milton Banana Trio from the album Vê (1965, Odeon MOFB 3431)

   
Art work for Vê by Moacyr Rocha with photographs by Auliano

4. Rosa Maria Colin from the album Uma Rosa com Bossa (1966, Odeon MOFB 3453)

   
Art work forUma Rosa com Bossa by Moacyr Rocha with photograph by Mafra

VÊ

Vê, entende a gente que é feita de amor • E simplesmente a vida dá valor • E sem razão pra tanta reunião • Pra nós importa a voz do coração • O nosso tema é feito de ternura • Mas só entende quem tem alma pura • E não depende de quem não

Vê, que o mundo é cor • Que o mundo é céu e mar • E que uma flor não vai alienar • Uma canção que é feita pra cantar • E a discussão não vai adiantar • Quem tanto fala devia embora andar • Na mesma praia um dia vai achar • O mesmo céu e aquele mesmo mar • Aquele mesmo mar

Song No. 13 — Samba do Avião | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1962)

Samba do Avião was introduced as part of the historic concert series organised by Aloysio de Oliveira in August and September 1962 at one of the hottest nightclubs of Copacabana at the time, the “Bon Gourmet”. Never officially released on vinyl, the concert recordings became known decades later as O Encontro au “Bon Gourmet” in bootleg copies. Samba do Avião was performed by Antônio Carlos Jobim on vocals and piano and Os Cariocas, backed by João Gilberto on guitar, Otávio Bailly on bass and Milton Banana on drums.

In October 1962, Samba do Avião was first introduced on record by Elza Laranjeira as the B-side of Só Danço Samba. The single was released from her final album A Música de Jobim e Vinicius, including an EP containing all four sambas from the album. The exquisite arrangement of Laranjeira’s version, with the sound of a jet in the fade-out, was by Ruben Perez ‘Pocho’, who reused the same arrangement the following year for saxophonist Héctor Costita on his Alias release Sambas N^o. 2 – Don Júnior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso, except that he omitted the jet.

In November 1962, Samba do Avião was released in the film Copacabana Palace, an Italian-French-Brazilian co-production in which the song was performed as the opening sequence by Italian pop and jazz singer Jula de Palma and the vocal group I 4 x 4 de Nora Orlandi. Curiously, this version was dropped from the EP that accompanied Copacabana Palace in favour of a version not featured in the film by the otherwise unknown singer Miguel, who performs a stripped-down version of the original soundtrack arrangement by Italian composer, arranger and conductor Gianni Ferrio.

Although only released as a single by Elza Laranjeira, Sylvia Telles and Os Cariocas, whose version was the most successful in 1963, reaching number 46 on the annual charts, Samba do Avião was immediately widely recorded on albums, with more than forty recordings made by the end of the decade alone.

One of the first to record the song in late 1962 was Cauby Peixoto – also with the sound of a jet. Like the original by Laranjeira, this arrangement was used again the following year, this time for saxophonist Aurino on his joint album with Jorginho da Flauta, Na Cadência do Samba.

Among the most remarkable interpretations, apart from the originals, are those of trombonist Raul de Souza, José Roberto Bertrami’s Os Tatuís, pianist Eumir Deodato, the mysterious Os Intocáveis, and vocalist Leny Andrade.

   

Samba do Avião is one of Jobim’s most popular compositions with more than two hundred recordings to date. Internationally, it was mostly recorded as Song of the Jet with lyrics by Gene Lees, who wrote several English lyrics for songs by Jobim.

However, Samba do Avião might also be a very personal song, as Jobim was always afraid of flying. In 1962, Jobim’s flight to New York for the concert known as Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall was particularly uncomfortable for him due to turbulence. Shortly afterwards, while still in New York, Jobim met members of the Varig crew who were mourning the tragic airline accident that had just occurred in Lima. As a result, Jobim was always happy when he landed safely, especially at home in Rio. Samba do Avião may well have been written against this background rather than because of the general excitement about the then new technology of jet aircraft.

My sincere thanks to the Jornal RelevO for publishing this article in their column RelevO presents Brazilliance: The song of the month for the sophisticated connoisseur!

Selected recordings of Samba do Avião:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim & Os Cariocas at Bon Gourmet (1962)

2. Elza Laranjeira from the single Só Danço Samba b/w Samba do Avião (1962, RGE RGE 10.469-a) and the album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius (1963, RGE XRLP 5188)

   

3. Jula de Palma & I 4 x 4 de Nora Orlandi from the movie Copacabana Palace (1962)

4. Miguel from the EP Copacabana Palace (1962, Festival [France] FY 45 2320 S)

    

5. Cauby Peixoto from the album Canção Que Inspirou Você (1962, RCA Victor BBL 1204)

6. Aurino from the album Na Cadência do Samba (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1235)

  

7. Héctor Costita aka Don Júnior from the album Sambas No. 2 – Don Júnior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso (1963, RGE XRLP 5208)

   

8. Zé Maria from the album Tudo Azul – Bossa Nova e Balanço (1963, Continental PPL 12079)

    

9. Sylvia Telles from the album Bossa, Balanço, Balada (1963, Elenco ME-5)

   
Art work for Bossa, Balanço, Balada by César G. Vilela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

10. Lauro Paiva from the album Tim… Dom… Dom…Num Órgão Moderno com Lauro Paiva (1963, Caravelle LP-CAR 33.003)

   

11.  Walter Wanderley from the album Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley (1963, Odeon MOFB 3358)

12. Os Cariocas from the album A Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

13. Sylvio Viana from the album Rio à Noite (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1228)

14. Lyrio Panicali aka Orquestra Brasil Moderno from the album A Revolução (1963, Odeon MOFB 3357)

    

15. Leny Andrade from the album A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade (1964, Polydor LPNG 4097)

16. Os Intocáveis from the album Os Intocáveis (1964, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2004)

  

17. Eumir Deodato from the album Inútil Paisagem (1964, Forma FM-1)

18. Claudette Soares from the album Claudette é Dona da Bossa (1964, Mocambo LP 40214)

19. Raul de Souza from the album À Vontade Mesmo (1965, RCA Victor BBL 1307)

    

20. Os Tatuís from the album Os Tatuís (1965, Farroupilha LPFA-410)

21. Mário Gennari Filho from the album Sucessos – Mário Gennari Filho e Conjunto (1965, Odeon MOFB 3425)

22. Walter Wanderley aka Wa-Wa from the album Samba Só (1965, Fermata FB 86), reissued as Samba Só! (1967, World Pacific Records [USA] WPS-21856)

   

   

23. Sacha Rubin from the album Smooth and Gay – Sacha’s Piano and Orchestra (1966, London/Odeon LLB 1011)

24. Neco from the album Samba e Violão (1967, London/Odeon LLB 1019)

25. Carlos Monteiro de Souza from the album Pra Frente (1968, Parlophone/Odeon PBA 13006)

Selected versions of Samba do Avião aka Song of the Jet originally not released in Brazil: 

1. Tony Bennett from the album If I Ruled The World – Songs For The Jet Set (1965, Columbia [USA] CS 9143)

2. Bud Shank from the album Brazil! Brazil! Brazil! (1966, World Pacific [USA] WS-21855)

    

3. Dick Hyman from the album Brazilian Impressions (1967, Command [USA] RS 911 SD)

    

4. Enoch Light & The Ray Charles Singers from the album Romantic Songs from Romantic Places (1973, Command [USA] RSSD 967/2)

Opening credits sequence from Copacabana Palace 

SAMBA DO AVIÃO

Minha alma canta • Vejo o Rio de Janeiro • Estou morrendo de saudade • Rio, teu mar, praias sem fim • Rio, você foi feito pra mim

Cristo Redentor, braços abertos sobre a Guanabara • Este samba é só porque • Rio, eu gosto de você • A morena vai sambar • Seu corpo todo balançar • Rio de sol, de céu, de mar • Dentro de mais um minuto estaremos no Galeão • Copacabana

Cristo Redentor, braços abertos sobre a Guanabara • Este samba é só porque • Rio, eu gosto de você • A morena vai sambar • Seu corpo todo balançar • Aperte o cinto, vamos chegar • Água brilhando, olha a pista chegando • E vamos nós • Pousar

SONG OF THE JET

How my heart is singing • I see Rio de Janeiro • My longing lonely days are ending • Rio, my love, there by the sea • Rio, my love, waiting for me

See the cable cars • That sway above the bay of Guanabara • Tiny sailboats far below dance the samba as they go • Shinning Rio there you lie • City of sand and sea and sky • Mountains of green rising so high • Four minutes more we’ll be there at the airport of Galeão • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Statue of the saviour with open arms above the yellow sea shore • Sugar Loaf in majesty climbing from a silver sea • Darkeyed girls who smile at me • City of love and mysteries • Fasten seat belts • No smoking please • Now we’re descending and everything rushing • And now the wheels • Touch the ground

[English lyrics by Gene Lees.]

Song No. 1 — Vivo Sonhando | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1963)

The new emphasis on this website starts with one of Jobim’s best known songs, recorded more than a hundred times until today, and introduced more than once, in a way.

Internationally, Vivo Sonhando was first released by Antônio Carlos Jobim himself in 1963 on his album The Composer of Desafinado Plays. The album, recorded at Verve Studios in New York and arranged by Claus Ogerman, was issued in Brazil not until the next year by Elenco as Antônio Carlos Jobim. In Brazil, the song was first released in 1963 by Os Cariocas on their album Mais Bossa com Os Cariocas.

The first recording of Vivo Sonhando was made a few months before the release of The Composer of Desafinado Plays, when Stan Getz and João Gilberto chose it as the closing song on their album Getz/Gilberto, featuring the composer on piano. But the album remained in the vaults of Verve Records until 1964, when its release created the bossa nova craze in the US, initiated by the huge success of the opening track, The Girl form Ipanema, which introduced Astrud Gilberto as uncredited vocalist. In the US, Vivo Sonhando was subsequently recorded by jazz musicians like Gary McFarland, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan.

In Brazil, 1964 and 1965 saw the most recordings of Vivo Sonhando, including notable ones by Dom Um Romão, Héctor Costita, Eumir Deodato, Dick Farney, Zimbo Trio and Os Tatuís.

Leny Andrade recorded Vivo Sonhando twice, first in 1964 on her live album A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade, then followed by as a duet with Pery Ribeiro in 1965 on their live album Gemini V – Show na Boate Porão 73.

Interestingly, Sylvia Telles seems to be the only one who ever issued the song as a single with her 1964 release of Vivo Sonhando b/w Samba do Avião, accompanying the album Bossa Session. She re-recorded Vivo Sonhando again the next year in the US with a lush arrangement by Lindolpho Gaya, on her second tribute album Sylvia Telles Sings the Wonderful Songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim, in Brazil released as The Music of Mr. Jobim.

Canadian Gene Lees, who studied guitar with Oscar Castro Neves, provided the English lyrics as he did earlier for several other songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim. These were used also by Astrud Gilberto when she featured Vivo Sonhando on her solo debut The Astrud Gilberto Album in 1965, arranged by Marty Paich.

In 1967, yet again for Verve Records, Luiz Henrique’s exquisite interpretation, featuring Sivuca on accordion, was one of the last versions of Vivo Sonhando of the 60s.

Selected recordings of Vivo Sonhando:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8547) aka Antônio Carlos Jobim (1964, Elenco [Brazil] ME-9)

Artwork for The Composer of Desafinado Plays with photographs by Chuck Stewart

  
Artwork for Antônio Carlos Jobim is by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira.

2. Os Cariocas from the album Mais Bossa com Os Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.177 L)

   
Art work for Mais Bossa com Os Cariocas by Paulo Brèves with photographs by Francisco Pereira.

3. Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Getz/Gilberto (1964, Verve Records [USA] V6-8545)

  
Cover painting for Getz/Gilberto by Olga Albizu.

4. Sylvia Telles from the album Bossa Session (1964, Elenco ME-13)

Art work for Bossa Session is by César G. Villela.

5. Dom Um Romão from the album Dom Um (1964, Philips P 632.713 L)

  
Artwork for Dom Um by Eddie Moyna

6. Héctor Costita from the album Impacto (1964, Fermata FB 97)

7. Dick Farney from the album Dick Farney (1964, Elenco ME-15)

   
Art work forDick Farney by Eddie Moyna with photographs by Francisco Pereira

8. Zimbo Trio from the album Zimbo Trio (1964, RGE XRLP 5253)

   

9. Eumir Deodato from the album Inútil Paisagem – As Maiores Composições de Antônio Carlos Jobim  (1964, Forma FM-1)

   

Cover painting for Inútil Paisagem – As Maiores Composições de Antônio Carlos Jobim by Patrícia Tattersfield.

10. Sérgio Mendes from the album Bossa Nova York (1964, Elenco MEV-2)

  
Art work for Bossa Nova York by Eddie Moyna with uncredited photograph

11. Geraldo Cunha from the album Quem Tem Bossa Faz Assim (1964, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2012)

   

12. Leny Andrade from the album A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade (1964, Polydor LPNG 4097)

13. Leny Andrade & Pery Ribeiro with Bossa Três from the album Gemini V – Show na Boate Porão 73 (1965, Odeon MOFB 3445)

   
Art work for Gemini V – Show na Boate Porão 73 by Moacyr Rocha with photographs by Mafra.

14. Caçulinha from the album Samba’ação (1965, Continental PPL 12192)

  
Art work for Samba’ação by Antônio Melero ‘Antoninho’.

15. Os Tatuís from the album Os Tatuís (1965, Farroupilha LPFA-410)

16. Sylvia Telles from the album Sylvia Telles Sings the Wonderful Songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965, Kapp Records [USA] KL-1451) aka The Music of Mr. Jobim by Sylvia Telles (1966, Elenco MEV-5)

  

Art work for The Music of Mr Jobim by Sylvia Telles by Eddie Moyna with photograph by Francisco Pereira

17. Ipanema Pop Orchestra from the album Bossa Nova For Swingin’ Lovers (1965, London/Odeon LLB 1001)

18. Balanço Trio from the album Ritmo… Bossa… Balanço (1965, Imperial/Odeon IMP 30.076)

19. Bossa Três from the album Bossa Três em Forma! (1965, Forma FM-6)

20. Astrud Gilberto from the album The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965, Verve Records [USA] V6-8608) and Elenco MEV-4)

   
Art work for  The Astrud Gilberto Album by Eddie Moyna with uncredited photograph

21. Walter Wanderley from the album O Autêntico Walter Wanderley (1965, Philips P 632.757 L), also on Quarteto Bossamba (Som Maior SMLP 1524) credited to the alias Quarteto Bossamba, re-released in 1966 in the USA as Quarteto Bossamba with Wanderley’s name (World Pacific Records WP-1856)

   

   

22. Claudette Soares from the album Claudette Soares (1965, Mocambo LP 40283)

23. Garôto from the album Garôto + Sexteto (1966, Farroupilha LPFA-412)

24. Orquestra Os Bossambistas aka Bossa Brass from the album Bossa Brass Apresenta a Maravilhosa Música de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1966, Plaza PZ 13002) aka Só Danço Samba (196?) DIMP D-1014

   

25. Conjunto 707 from the album Fórmula 707 (1966, Chantecler CMG 2359)

   

26. Luiz Henrique from the album Barra Limpa (1967, Verve Records V6-8697)

  

Vivo Sonhando performed by Claudette Soares on the TV show Primeiro Plano (1964 or 1965)

VIVO SONHANDO

Vivo sonhando • Sonhando mil horas sem fim • Tempo em que vou perguntando • Se gostas de mim • Tempo de falar em estrelas • Falar de um mar • De um céu assim • Falar do bem que se tem mas você não vem • Não vem

Você não vindo • Não vindo a vida tem fim • Gente que passa sorrindo • zombando de mim • E eu a falar em estrelas, mar, amor, luar • Pobre de mim que só sei te amar

I LIVE DREAMING

I live dreaming • Dreaming a thousand endless hours • Time in which I keep asking • If you like me •Time of talking about stars • Talking about a sea • About a sky like this • Talking about the good things one has, but you don’t come • Don’t come

You are not coming • Not coming, life has an end • People who pass by smiling • Mocking me • And me talking about stars, sea, love, moonlight • Poor me, I only know how to love you

[English translation by Maria Catarina Correa Gestinari]

DREAMER

Why are my eyes always full of this vision of you • Why do I dream silly dreams that I fear won’t come true • I long to show you the stars • Caught in the dark of the sea • I long to speak of my love but you don’t come to me

So I go on asking if maybe one day you’ll care • I tell my sad little dreams to the soft evening air • I am quite hopeless it seems, two things I know how to do • One is to dream • Two is loving you

[English lyrics by Gene Lees]

No. 3 — Pages 64–65: Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro | Izio Gross | Turma do Bom Balanço | Trio Samba

• Izio Gross — Isto é Bossa
  (1961) Mocambo LP 40064
• Astor Silva — Samba… Só Samba!
  (1963) CBS 37310
• Ed Lincoln — Ed Lincoln Boite
  (1962) Pawal P-20.013
• Jair Rodrigues — Jair de Todos os Sambas
  (1969) Philips R 765.081 L
• Mr. Samba & Seus Skindôs Rítmicos — Mr. Samba e Seus Skindôs Rítmicos
  (1962) RGE USLP 500.001
• Chico Anísio — Chico Anísio Show
  (1962) Philips P 632.104 L
• Inezita Barroso — Vamos Falar de Brasil
  (1958) Copacabana CLP 11016
• Eliana Pittman, Booker Pittman — Eliana e Booker Pitman
  (1962) Mocambo LP 40083
• Ataulfo Alves — Ataulfo Alves e Seus Sucessos
  (1960) Sinter SLP 1788
• Trio Samba — Samba! Samba! Samba!
  (1964) Philips P 632.198 L
• Turma do Bom Balanço — A Turma do Bom Balanço
  (1965) Mocambo LP 40262
• Luely Figueiró, Nelly Martins, Jamelão, Albertinho Fortuna, Maysa, Ted Moreno, Risadinha, Os Cariocas, Radamés Gnattali, Coral de Severino Filho — Rio, Cidade Maravilhosa
  (1971) Latino/Chantecler SOLP.65.004
• Noite Ilustrada — Cara de Boboca
  (1960) Mocambo LP 40031

In 1954, just months before he first met his long-term partner Vinícius de Moraes, composer Antônio Carlos Jobim joined forces with lyricist Billy Blanco to write the Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro, praising the charms of Rio with voices and chorus, and subtitled A Montanha – o Sol – o Mar (Sinfonia Popular em Tempo de Samba). The overture is followed by Hino ao Sol – Coisas do Dia – Matei-me no Trabalho – Zona Sul – Arpoador – Noites do Rio – O Mar – A Montanha – O Morro – Descendo o Morro – O Samba de Amanhã. It might not be Jobim’s most sophisticated work but it’s noteworthy as his first orchestral effort.

Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro was first recorded in 1954 with Elizeth Cardoso, Lúcio Alves, Gilberto Milfont, Emilinha Borba, Dick Farney, Dóris Monteiro, Nora Ney, Jorge Goulart and Os Cariocas, arranged and conducted by Radamés Gnattali.

Artwork for Rio de Janeiro – Sinfonia Popular em Tempo de Samba by Páez Torres.

  

In 1960, Maestro Gnattali was once more in charge when the Sinfonia was recorded with a new line-up of singers teaming Maysa, Ted Moreno, Jamelão, Risadinha, Albertinho Fortuna, Luely Figueiró, Nelly Martins, Os Cariocas and Coral de Severino Filho.

   

In 1962, the Sinfonia was the soundtrack for Esse Rio Que Eu Amo, a movie by Carlos Hugo Christensen. This recording featured Lana Bittencourt, Haroldo de Almeida and yet again Os Cariocas, backed by orchestra and chorus arranged and directed by Lyrio Panicali.

   

Despite being an interesting work, almost none of the compositions gained lasting success. Apart from a shortened piano version of the Sinfonia recorded by Bené Nunes on his 1965 album Teclado Fantástico, only Descendo o Morro prevailed as a single piece with several versions, including some great renditions by Jorge Goulart and Dorinha Freitas.

Both studio albums as well as the soundtrack album presented different songs compiled on their B-sides. The 1954 album featured songs from Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro performed by the quintet of Radamés Gnattali on piano, Chiquinho do Acordeon under his alias Romeu Seibel on accordion, Zé Menezes on guitar, Vidal on bass and Luciano Perrone on drums. The 1960 album featured songs penned by other composers including a delightful version of Copacabana by Maysa and Coral de Severino Filho. The 1962 soundtrack album presented a selection of contemporary sambas like Você Passou and Levanta Mangueira, including uncredited performances by Cyro Monteiro, Roberto Carlos and Mara Silva.

Playlist Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro:
1. Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro (Antônio Carlos Jobim – Billy Blanco) from the album Rio de Janeiro – Sinfonia Popular em Tempo de Samba (1954) with Jorge Goulart, Nora Ney, Lúcio Alves, Gilberto Milfont, Emilinha Borba, Dick Farney, Dóris Monteiro, Elizeth Cardoso and Os Cariocas
2.Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro (Antônio Carlos Jobim – Billy Blanco) from the album Rio, Cidade Maravilhosa (Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro) (1960) with Maysa, Ted Moreno, Os Cariocas, Jamelão, Risadinha, Albertinho Fortuna, Nelly Martins, Luely Figueiró and Coral de Severino Filho
3.Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro (Antônio Carlos Jobim – Billy Blanco) from the motion picture soundtrack of Esse Rio que Eu Amo (1962) with Lana Bittencourt, Haroldo de Almeida and Os Cariocas
4. Hino ao Sol (Antônio Carlos Jobim – Billy Blanco) from the album Rio de Janeiro – Sinfonia Popular em Tempo de Samba (1954) with Radamés Gnattali, Chiquinho do Acordeon aka Romeu Seibel, Zé Menezes, Vidal and Luciano Perrone
5. Copacabana (João de Barro – Alberto Ribeiro) from the album Rio, Cidade Maravilhosa (Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro) (1960) with Maysa and Coral de Severino Filho

The 1971 re-release of the 1960 recording shows Copacabana beach and the Pão de Açúcar with the modernistic pride of its time. The same picture was used before in 1968 for the back cover of Renato de Oliveira‘s album Made in Brazil – Renato de Oliveira em Tempo Quente, which in addition also featured the same front cover picture as the Sinfonia’s 1960 release.

   

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Izio Gross (*1943) is a classically trained pianist, arranger and band leader who seems to be almost unknown outside Brazil, though unjustifiedly. He worked with a number of renowned artists such as Paulo Moura, Zé Bodega, Sylvia Telles, João Gilberto, Bolão, Agostinho dos Santos, Raul de Souza and Cipó. In the early sixties he recorded two impressive albums with highly sophisticated arrangements and brilliant line-ups of musicians such as Édison Machado.

Playlist Izio Gross:
1. Murmúrio (Djalma Ferreira – Luis Antônio) from the album Bossa Nova in Rhythm (c1963)
2. Mulher de Trinta (Luis Antônio) from the album Isto é Bossa (1961)
3. Menina Feia (Oscar Castro Neves – Luvercy Fiorini) from the album Isto é Bossa (1961)
4. Zelão (Sérgio Ricardo) from the album Bossa Nova in Rhythm (c1963)
5. Samba Triste (Billy Blanco – Baden Powell) from the album Isto é Bossa (1961)
6. Quem Quizer Encontrar o Amor (Carlos Lyra – Geraldo Vandré) from the album Bossa Nova in Rhythm (c1963)

The artwork for Isto é Bossa is by the uncredited staff of Gráfica Mocambo.

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Ed Lincoln Boite from 1962 was the first reissue of Ed Lincoln’s debut album Ao Teu Ouvido from 1960, followed by a second one in 1963, also titled Ed Lincoln Boite.

   

   

   

The artwork for Ataulfo Alves e Seus Sucessos is by Ronald with photograph by Rovigati.

   

   

   

The artwork Chico Anísio Show is by Paulo Brèves with photographs by Mafra.

  

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Turma do Bom Balanço was a one-time all-star studio group teaming K-Ximbinho and Emílio Baptista on alto sax, Aurino Ferreira on baritone sax, Ed Maciel on trombone, Pedro Paulo on cornet, Dom Salvador on organ, Neco on guitar, Sérgio Barroso and Gabriel Bezerra on bass and Édison Machado on drums, with arrangements by Waltel Branco for a jazzy album of the same name.

Playlist Turma do Bom Balanço:
1. Abandono (Chico Feitosa – Marcos Vasconcellos) from the album A Turma do Bom Balanço (1964)
2. Vê (Roberto Menescal – Luis Fernando Freire) from the album A Turma do Bom Balanço (1964)

The artwork for A Turma do Bom Balanço by Gráfica Mocambo concisely reflects the entertaining session.

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The artwork for Jair de Todos os Sambas is by Claucio & Lincoln with photograph by Ramón Sanahuja.

   

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Sometimes music acts release just one album and are never heard of again afterwards. That’s what inexplicably happened to Trio Samba even though their 1964 album Samba! Samba! Samba! is pure delight. The line-up includes Wilma Camargo, Triana Romero and Marina Fernanda Gradilone, arranged and conducted by Carlos Piper. Wilma Camargo also worked as a composer, arranger and was part of the female voices of The Playing’s.

Playlist Trio Samba:
1. Rio (Roberto Menescal – Ronaldo Bôscoli) from the album Samba! Samba! Samba! (1964)
2. Por Causa de Você, Menina (Jorge Ben) from the album Samba! Samba! Samba! (1964)
3. Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben) from the album Samba! Samba! Samba! (1964)

The artwork for Samba! Samba! Samba! is by Paulo Brèves.

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