Flora Purim – Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
View Album Artwork
Tom Zé – Estudando O Samba
Tom Zé
Estudando O Samba
Style: Latin
Label: Mr. Bongo
Catalog Number: MRBLP190
Released: 1976, 70's
One of the all-time great Brazilian Tropicalia albums, Estudando do Samba (or Studying The Samba) sits in that magical zone of wildly creative music with experimental qualities that somehow manages to retain pop accessibility. Never one to sit still, Tom Zé attempted to deconstruct traditional samba forms here with layers of hypnotic percussion, effects, and samples. Even better, the simple, but unusual cover with barbed wire critiquing the military dictatorship in Brazil led to the music being found by David Byrne and the revitalization of Zé’s music career.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Essential Listening / MPB / Samba
Tracklist:
A1 Mã
A2 A Felicidade
A3 Toc (Instrumental)
A4 Tô
A5 Vai (Menina Amenhâ De Manhâ)
A6 Ui! (Você Inventa)
B1 Doi
B2 Mâe (Mâe Solteira)
B3 Hein?
B4 Só (Solidâo)
B5 Se
B6 Índice
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar – Heraldo*, Vicente Barreto
Acoustic Guitar, Viola – Edson*
Arranged By – José Briamonte, Rosário*
Artwork – Walmir Teixeira
Backing Vocals – Eloa*, Roberto*, Sidney*, Vera*
Contrabass – Cláudio*
Coordinator – Odair Corona
Drums – Dirceu
Engineer [Recording] – José Antonio*, Marcos Vinícios* (tracks: B2, B4)
Liner Notes – Elton Medeiros
Percussion – Natal, Osvaldinho*
Percussion [Water Drum], Instruments – Téo da Cuica* (tracks: A2)
Producer – Heraldo Do Monte
Surdo – Branca de Neve*
Vocals – Osório*, Celso*, Carlos*, Vagner*, Puruca (Ou Pituca)*, Santana*, Vilma*
