''Improviso Negro'' is an album by Brazilian samba-jazz group
Sambalanço Trio
Sambalanço Trio was a Brazilian samba-jazz group formed by Cesar Camargo Mariano (piano), Humberto Clayber (bass) and Airto Moreira (drums). The band started to play in 1964 and lasted for about two years. Their albums are considered some of the ...
released in 1965.
Reception
Writing for
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...
, John Bush states that the album "showed them expanding their dynamic range over their early LPs, ranging from tender balladry to clattering bossa nova workouts."
Track listing
#"Nana" (
Mario Telles) – 2:41
#"Reza" (
Edú Lobo) – 5:05
#"Estamos Aí" (
Durval Ferreira) – 2:29
#"Deus Brasileiro" (
Marcos Valle
Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born 14 September 1943) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. ...
) – 1:13
#"Preciso Aprender a Ser Só" (
Marcos Valle
Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born 14 September 1943) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. ...
) – 3:26
#"Cangaceiro" (
Antonio Arruda) – 2:35
#"Improviso Negro" (
Humberto Clayber
Humberto Clayber de Souza is a Brazilian composer and musician. He was considered one of the best Bossa Nova bass players in 1960s and actually is acclaimed as one of the best harmonica players of the world. He played with many famous artists alo ...
) – 2:43
#"Roda de Samba" (
Lúcio Alves) – 2:27
#"Voce" (
Ronaldo Bôscoli,
Roberto Menescal) – 3:31
#"Cançao Que Veio de Dentro Do Azul" – 4:44
#"Samba de Verao" (
Marcos Valle
Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born 14 September 1943) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. ...
) – 2:44
Personnel
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Cesar Camargo Mariano –
piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
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Humberto Clayber
Humberto Clayber de Souza is a Brazilian composer and musician. He was considered one of the best Bossa Nova bass players in 1960s and actually is acclaimed as one of the best harmonica players of the world. He played with many famous artists alo ...
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bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Wood
* Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
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Airto Moreira
Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer, composer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a membe ...
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drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
References
1965 albums
Sambalanço Trio albums
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