''Samba Esquema Novo'' is the 1963 debut album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jorge Ben
Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). Performing in a samba style that also ...
. It includes the original recording of the international hit "
Mas que Nada".
Release and reception
By the time of the album's release, newspaper ''
O Estado de S. Paulo
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'' believed it would soon disappear from the stores, just like his previous 78 RPM releases.
In 2007, it was listed by ''
Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'' Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history. American critic Rodney Taylor wrote of the album: "His first album, which translates to 'New Style Samba,' sets out his ambitions. Spritely, percussive guitar anchors the songs, and Ben's smooth/rough voice puts them across. Horns, percussion and strings color the tunes, but never pull the focus from Ben. 'Mas que Nada' ranks as one of the most popular songs in the world."
In
Los 600 de Latinoamérica
Los 600 de Latinoamérica. 600 discos 1920–2022 ''(The 600 from Latin America. 600 Albums 1920–2022)'' is a list of 600 music albums from Latin America, compiled by a group of music journalists and communicators from the region, and includes mu ...
, a ranking created by several Latin American music journalists covering the years 1920 to 2022, ''Samba Esquema Novo'' was ranked 27th. It was ranked 30th in Discoteca Básica's
List of the 500 Greatest Brazilian Records, chosen by 162 Brazilian music experts.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jorge Ben except where noted
# "
Mas que Nada" – 3:02
# "Tim Dom Dom" – 2:21 (João Mello / Clodoaldo Brito)
# "Balança Pema" – 1:29
# "Vem Morena" – 1:59
# "Chove Chuva" – 3:06
# "É Só Sambar" – 2:06
# "Rosa, Menina Rosa" – 2:15
# "Quero Esquecer Você" – 2:22
# "Uála Uálalá" – 2:09
# "A Tamba" – 3:04
# "Menina Bonita Não Chora" – 2:07
# "Por Causa de Você, Menina" – 2:47
Personnel
According to
AllMusic
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:
*Jorge Ben – vocals,
violão
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*
Manuel Gusmão
Manuel Mendes Nobre de Gusmão (11 December 1945 – 9 November 2023) was a Portuguese academic, poet, essayist, translator, and politician of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
Biography
Born in Évora on 11 December 1945, Gusmão earned a d ...
– bass
*
Luís Carlos Vinhas
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
– piano
*
J. T. Meirelles – flute, saxophone
*
Pedro Paulo – trumpet
*
Dom Um Romão
Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão also recorded with artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, An ...
– drums
Charts
References
External links
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1963 debut albums
Jorge Ben albums
Philips Records albums