''Maria Fumaça'' is the debut album by

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Banda Black Rio released in 1977 vinyl format by

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(BR 20.022) and issued in 1994 CD format by

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Music and distributed by Warner Music Brasil (450996349-2). It was listed by ''

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'' Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history. The album cover has two overlapping images of the seven members in circle. Photographer

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wanted to create a

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-like image, but they only managed to take two photos, because as they prepared the second, the camera accidentally fell and hit Barrosinho's face, resulting in a big hematoma in his forehead which was pictured on the cover. The back cover has a picture of the members taken with

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Track listing

Personnel

* Oberdan Pinto Magalhães – soprano, alto and tenor saxophones * Lucio J. da Silva – trombone * José Carlos Barroso (Barrosinho) – trumpet * Jamil Joanes - bass * Claudio Stevenson – guitar *

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– electric piano and keyboards * Luiz Carlos "Batera" Santos – drums and percussion

Technical personnel

*Producer -

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*Studio Direction – A. Lima F. (Liminha) *Recording Studios – Level and Hawai *Recording Technicians – Andy P. Mills and Don Lewis *Assistants – Brás, Edú, Gordinho, Leão and José Paulo *Mixing Studio – Westlake Audio *Mixing Technician – Marco Mazzola *Master – Kendun Records *Engineer – Humberto Gatica *Cutting – Continental *Cover Art – Gang *Photography – Sebastião Barbosa *CD Adaptation – Patricia do Valle Dias *Music Co-ordination – Don Filó *Rhythm Session – Nene, Geraldo Sabino, Wilson Canegal and Luna

References

1977 albums Banda Black Rio albums {{Brazil-album-stub