''Chico Buarque'', occasionally referred to as ''Samambaia'', is a 1978 album recorded by the Brazilian singer and composer

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, econom ...

. The album includes hits such as "Cálice", "Pedaço de mim" and "Apesar de você", and features participations by several outstanding Brazilian artists, e.g.

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and

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Track listing

Personnel

: vocals (except in "O meu amor") and acoustic guitar (in "Até o fim") * MPB-4: choir (in "Cálice" and "Apesar de você") *

Quarteto em Cy Quarteto em Cy (a play on words of the Portuguese for ''Quartet in B'' by poet and lyricist Vinícius de Moraes) was a Brazilian girl group originally composed of four sisters hailing from Ibirataia, a town located in the Brazilian state of Ba ...

: vocals (in "Apesar de você") *

Francis Hime Francis Hime (Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1939) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, pianist and singer. He is the composer of the jazz standard ''Minha / All Mine'', recorded, among others, by Bill Evans, Tony Bennett and Eliane Elias. Biogra ...

: piano (in "Feijoada completa", "Trocando em miúdos", "O meu amor", "Pivete" and "Pequenã serenata diurna") * Magro: piano (in "Cálice" and "Homenagem ao malandro") * Novelli: piano (in "Até o fim"), bass (in "Pedaço de mim" and "Pequenã serenata diurna") and percussion (in "Até o fim") * Milton Nascimento: piano (in "Pedaço de mim") * Manoel da Conceição (Mão de vaca): acoustic guitar (in "Feijoada completa") * Neco (Daudeth Azevedo): 7-string acoustic guitar (in "Feijoada completa") * Miltinho: acoustic guitar (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você") *

Arthur Verocai Arthur Côrtes Verocai (born June 17, 1945) is a Brazilian composer, singer, and producer. He is best known for his 1972 self-titled debut album which garnered a cult following during the 2000s in the United Kingdom and the United States. Car ...

: acoustic guitar (in "O meu amor") * Jorge Lima: acoustic guitar (in "O meu amor") * Nelson Angelo: acoustic guitar (in "Até o fim" and "Pedaço de mim") * Octávio Burnier Bonfá: acoustic guitar (in "Pivete") * Luiz Cláudio Ramos: guitar (in "Cálice", "Pequeña serenata diurna" and "Tanto mar") and viola (in "Tanto mar") * Bebeto (Adalberto José Castilho e Souza): bass (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro and "Apesar de você") * Luizão Maia: bass (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete") *

Beto Guedes Alberto de Castro Guedes (born August 13, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Biography Beto Guedes has been playing in bands since he was a teenager. When he was 18 years old he took part in the V Singers International Fest ...

: bass (in "Até o fim") and mandolin (in "Pedaço de mim") * Jorginho da Flauta (Jorge Ferreira da Silva): flute (in "Feijoada completa" and "Trocando em miúdos") and saxophone alto (in "Homenagem ao malandro") * Celso Woltzenlogel: flute (in "Trocando em miúdos", "O meu amor" and "Pivete") * Copinha (Nicolino Cópia): flute (in "O meu amor") * Franklin Corrêa da Silva (Franklin da Flauta): flute (in "O meu amor" and "Tanto mar") * Márcio Montarroyos: trumpet (in "Feijoada completa", "O meu amor" and "Pivete") * Formiga (José Pinto): trumpet (in "Pivete") * Netinho: clarinet (in "Feijoada completa") and saxophone soprano (in "Pequenã serenata diurna") * Jayme Araújo: clarinet (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete") * Marko Rupe: clarinet (in "O meu amor" and "Homenagem ao malandro") * Raul de Barros: trombone (in "Feijoada completa") * Edmundo Maciel: trombone (in "O meu amor", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Pivete") * Jessé Sadoc do Nascimento: trombone (in "Pivete") * João Luiz Macial: trombone (in "Pivete") * Bijú (Moacir M. dos Santos): saxophone tenor (in "Homenagem ao malandro") *

Mário Negrão Mário Negrão Borgonovi (born November 18, 1945, in Campinas, São Paulo) is a Brazilian composer, drummer and percussionist. Early life and study Negrão began studying the accordion at the age of five with teacher Lucia Gomes Pinto, Carlos ...

: drums (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você") * Pedrinho: drums (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete") * Chico Batera: drums (in "Até o fim") and percussion (in "O meu amor", "Até o fim" and "Pivete") * Enéas Costa: drums (in "Pequenã serenata diurna") * Ricardo Costa: drums (in "Tanto mar") * Alceu Maia: cavaquinho (in "Feijoada completa") * Doutor: repenique (in "Feijoada completa") * Elizeu Felix: tambourine (in "Feijoada completa") * Luna: tambourine (in "Feijoada completa") * Marçal (Nilton Delfino Marçal): tambourine (in "Feijoada completa") * Esdras Ferreira (Nenen):

cuíca The cuíca () is a Brazil, Brazilian friction drum with a large pitch range, produced by changing tension on the head of the drum. ''Cuíca'' is Portuguese for the gray four-eyed opossum (''Philander opossum'') which is known for its high-pitch ...

(in "Feijoada completa" and "Apesar de você") * Geraldo: whistle (in "Feijoada completa") * Gordinho (Antenor Marques Filho): surdo (in "Feijoada completa" and "Apesar de você") * Wilson Canegal: ganzá (in "Feijoada completa") * Wilson das Neves: snare drum (in "Feijoada completa") and agogô (in "Feijoada completa") * Armando Marçal (Marçalzinho): tambourine (in "Apesar de você") * Elias Ferreira: pandeiro (in "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você") *

Djalma Corrêa Djalma Novaes Corrêa (18 November 1942 – 8 December 2022) was a Brazilian percussionist and composer. Life and career Born in Ouro Preto, the son of a flautist, Corrêa spent his adolescence in Belo Horizonte, and he studied composition and ...

: percussion (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete") * Dom Chacal: percussion (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete") Special guests: *

: vocals (in "Cálice") *

: vocals (in "O meu amor") *

: vocals (in "Pedaço de mim")

References

Charles A. Perrone, ''Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985''. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989. Chapter 2. {{Authority control 1978 albums Chico Buarque albums Samba albums