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Os Afro-sambas is a 1966 studio album (that should not be confused with the album of the same name and different artwork recorded live) by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes. The live album is ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums.




Background


Considered a watershed (the original live recording) in MPB for fusing various elements of African sound with samba, Os Afro-sambas was recorded by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes, and Quarteto em Cy in 1966.
In the mid-1960s Vinícius was fascinated by an LP of samba de roda songs with candomblé influences from Bahia. Baden Powell had also gone to Bahia and heard the songs of the Bahian candomblé. From this mutual enchantment with samba and religiosity found in Bahia, the Afro-sambas project emerged. The eight songs (11 in the live show) have a rich and unique musicality: a mix of candomblé and umbanda instruments (like atabaques and afoxés) with timbres common to Brazilian music (agogôs, the flute, and tambourines).
The opening track, Canto de Ossanha is ranked number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian songs.
Baden Powell re-recorded this album in 1990 (and many other times in and right after 1966) again accompanied by Quarteto em Cy, but this time singing the lead vocal himself, Vinícius having died.




Track listing


All tracks are jointly authored by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes.

"Canto de Ossanha" - 03:23
"Canto de Xangô" - 06:28
"Bocoché" - 02:34
"Canto de Iemanjá" - 04:47
"Tempo de amor" - 04:28
"Canto do Caboclo Pedra-Preta" - 03:39
"Tristeza e solidão" - 04:35
"Lamento de Exu" - 02:16




Personnel


Vocals - Vinícius de Moraes, Quarteto em Cy and mixed choir
Guitar - Baden Powell
Flute - Nicolino Copia
Tenor saxophone - Pedro Luiz de Assis
Baritone saxophone - Aurino Ferreira
Double bass - Jorge Marinho
Drums - Reisinho
Atabaque - Alfredo Bessa
Little atabaque - Nelson Luiz
Bongô - Alexandre Silva Martins
Pandeiro - Gilson de Freitas
Agogô - Mineirinho
Afoxé - Adyr José Raimundo
Arrangements and musical direction - Guerra Peixe
Production and artistic direction - Roberto Quartin and Wadi Gebara Netto
Recording technician - Ademar Rocha
Photos - Pedro de Moraes
Cover - Goebel Weyne
Liner notes - Vinícius de Moraes




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