Avolta Jr - Samba goes Psych!

This show features the edgy side of samba. Far from the tourist image of carnival or the purist samba of world music labels, there has always existed a wonderful synthesis of samba with other kinds of music, whether it's bossa nova, rock, afro, or in the late 60s and early 70s the influence of blues and psychedelic garage bands.

Kicking off with the incredible Oswaldo Nunes a hard core sambista joined for one magic LP by The Pop's a beat group with a penchant for odd cover versions. Next up is Luiz Eca & Sagrada Familia with their take on Jorge Ben's Pais Tropical. Eca was holed up in Mexico in the late 60s with a whole load of other bossa groups and made this record for a Mexican hotel label! The Golden Boys started out as pure doowop but gradually crossed over towards where bossa was meeting rock in the song festivals. Bola 7 spent the 60s and 70s in the US but made this track with amplified guitar sounding almost high life in 1962 in Rio. The awesome samba soul band Fuzi 9 made up of soldiers and featuring Carlos Dafe renders the classic Poeira. Jorge Ben recorded this Vamos Embora Uau with Mereilles, followed by ace drummer Wilson Das Neves and Dom Salvador and Arnoldo Medeiros' Moeda Reza e Cor. Gary McFarland's Fried Bananas gets treatment from Raul de Souza in pre jazz funk days, the great Mereilles arranged Antonio Adolfo's Sa Marina (Pretty World). Producer Durval Ferreira put the seeds of Azymuth together to make this pop hits LP version of Que Maravilha under the name Patropi and the Golden Boys return on this rare Song Festival recording of Antonio Carlos & Jocafi's Hipnose. The show bows out with one time Gal Costa backing group Os Brazoes and the much sampled Jorge Ben / Toquinho track Carolina Carol Bela!


1. Oswaldo Nunes & The Pop's - Ta Tudo Ai
2. Luiz Eca & Familia Sagrada - Pais Tropical
3. Golden Boys - Fumace
4. Bola 7 - Negrito del Batey
5. Fuzi 9 - Poeira
6. Jorge Ben - Vamos Embora Uau
7. WIlson das Neves - Moeda, Reza e Cor
8. Raulzinho & Impact 8 - Fried Bananas
9. Meirelles e sua Orquestra - Sa Marina
10. Patropi - Que Maravliha
11. Golden Boys - Hipnose
12. Os Brazoes - Carolina, Carol Bela