TAMBA4 – We And The Sea – On ‚We and the Sea‘, the instrumental group Tamba 4, spearheaded by pianist-organist-composer Luiz Eça, introduced exciting Brazilian music to the world. Brazilian with a twist: Eça’s music crossed several genres. His conceptions were to pave the way for later cultural fusions by such piano masters as Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdes.

Tamba 4 — the group took its name from a percussion instrument its original drummer invented to produce the textured percussion of the batucada in samba — was wildly popular in Brazil, especially after its 1963 recording of „The Girl From Ipanema“ became a hit. We and the Sea showcases, among other things, the roots of Brazilian music. The haunting melodies of the indigenous Indians, the percussive brilliance of African slaves, and the loose, Moorish-tinged melodies of the Portuguese settlers — music from the northeast of Brazil — are found in three songs by the composer and guitarist Baden Powell. Then, in „Iemanja“ and „Chant of Ossanha“, Tamba 4 offers fishermen’s chanted hymns to the Afro-Brazilian gods of the sea and storms. And pianist Eça summons up Schoenberg along with Ravel and Gershwin in the long, classically framed Antonio Carlos Jobim piece „O Morro“ („The Hill“). The album also includes the first recording of Eça’s composition „The Dolphin“, which went on to become a jazz standard.

Eçais ably assisted by three talented musicians: Jose „Bebeto“ de Castilho e Souza on flute, bass, and vocals, Dorio Ferreira on guitar and bass, and Rubens Ohana on drums and other percussion. Together they produce an ebullient, ambitious, unique music that stretches boundaries while remaining Brazilian to the core.

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TAMBA4 – We And The Sea

1. O Morro (The Hill) (7:39) <
2. Moça Flor (Flower Girl) (3:09)
3. Iemanjá(4:33)
4. We and the Sea (Nós e ou Mar) (2:32)
5. Chant of Ossanha (Canto de Ossanha) (5:01)
6. The Dolphin (2:23)
7. Consolation (Consolaçăo) (8:15)

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