Sambalanço Trio (album)


Sambalanço Trio is the debut album by Brazilian samba-jazz group Sambalanço Trio, released in 1964. The album was reissued later that year as Samblues.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic John Vallier writes that the group "had a sophisticated and multi-faceted sound, one that melded an aggressive, samba-school-on-parade sound with a subtler air, redolent of Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and even the Bill Evans Trio". The album, he writes, "infused the soporific bossa nova scene of 1964 with much-needed doses of energetic rhythms, cutting-edge jazz voicings, and spontaneity".

Track listing

  1. "Samblues" – 2:13
  2. "Balanço Zona Sul" – 2:31
  3. "O Morro Não Tem Vez" – 3:42
  4. "Nós E O Mar" – 2:15
  5. "Homenagem a Clifford Brown" – 2:39
  6. "Berimbau" – 3:50
  7. "Jacqueline K" – 2:45
  8. "Consolação" – 2:35
  9. "O Amor Que Acabou" – 3:10
  10. "P'ra Que Chorar" – 2:26
  11. "Marisa" – 3:00
  12. "Sambinha" – 2:10

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