The laid back style of Joao Gilberto was ok for after hours listening they argued but what about in the boites, the nightclubs? Afro cuban music and reco-reco samba for tourists for big on the agenda in the nightclubs like Drink run by the infamous gangster pianist Djalma Ferreira. Groups were led by a charismatic leader and usually featured some singers or crooners as they were called who would take turns to excite the dancers. Wilson Simonal, Silvio Cesar were amongst these. The bands usually were made up of the hottest young players who would shale up the after hours with jazzy jam sessions. Some like Joao Donato found so little work with the modern sound he had that they left for europe or the USA.

Back in Rio, an unknown jazz bassist called Ed Lincoln was called to Drink one night when Djalma Ferreira had been shot over a gambling debt. Lincoln was sat down in front of the Hammond organ (one of the few in the country) and told to play a set. The rest is history. Ed lincoln and his cohorts, Durval Ferreira (no relation) Orlann Divo, Silvio Cezar, Celso Murilo and others began to mix the new bossa beat with the upbeat swing of old school samba and american rhythm and blues. Many establsihed artists passed through the genre before becoming more traiotnally bossa – Doris Monteiro, Isaura Garcia, Alaide Costa, amongst others.

The bands played through the 60s and evolved into first the discotheque covers bands then into the fully fledged Black Rio movement by the early 70s. It was actually Carlos Lyra one of the earliest bossa nova stylists that got fed up with the name and coined the term sambalanco for this hotter music – he even trademarked the name, but Hammond led dance bands everywhere co-opted the name for the new brazilian swing…Brazil by Sambalanco!

1.Balanco do Mar – Luiz Henrique 2. Lobo Bobo – Alaide Costa 3. Volta Por Cima – Doris Monteiro 4. Lamento da Lavadeira – Conjunto Bembossa 5. Amanha Eu Vou – Ed Lincoln 6. Moejo Dela – Jota Junior e Seu Conjunto 7. Telefone – Miguel Angel 8. Pior Pra Mim – Primo 7 9. Samba Toff – Renato Perez 10. Lecon do Baion – Ed Lincoln 11. Eu e o Rio – Walter Wanderly 12. Olhou Pra Mim – Wilson Simonal 13. Por Causa de Voce – Ze Maria feat Jorge Ben 14. Na Baixo do Sapateiro – Juaraz Santana 15. Zelao – Celso Murilo

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