Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo Illa J Her fascination resulted in joint

Her fascination resulted in joint projects with Kakraba Lobi from Ghana

Stylistic edges become blurred with by-turns into jazz

Kenji Takamizu

ephemeral dance crazes were being thought up weekly

In need of some headphone listening before a ten-hour plane ride to Tokyo

Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo Illa J Her fascination resulted in jointLabel: Sowing Records (Italy) Catalog: SOW 026LP 2023 repress; reissue. First released in 1963 on Phillips Records, this was Jorge Ben's debut album. Samba Esquema Novo ("New Style Samba") deliberately sets a new standard in Brazilian music. A beautiful, fresh and vital combination of Ben's percussive guitar and smooth rough voice backed by big band style horns, percussion (the great Dom Um Romao), and strings. In 2007, it was listed by Rolling Stone