''Samba Jazz!!'' is the third album recorded by the group Meirelles e Os Copa 5, led by J. T. Meirelles. Released in 2002, this album celebrates the return of the group, after a long period without recording any song. The album was produced by J. T. Meirelles, who also composed and arranged all its songs. Despite the long period between the last album, ''Novo som'', and ''Samba Jazz!!'', Meirelles tried to keep the same music conception he had when he was 20 years old. He tried to create simple songs, influenced by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

, but at the same time which remind Brazilian music. In fact, this album evocates the samba-jazz rhythm exactly as in 1964, when Meirelles e Os Copa 5 recorded their first album, ''O som''.

Track listing

Personnel

* J. T. Meirelles: alto saxophone, flute *Guilherme Dias Gomes:

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...

*Laércio de Freitas: piano *Adriano Griffoni: bass *Robertinho Silva: drums and percussion

References

2002 albums J. T. Meirelles albums {{Brazil-album-stub