Big Ben: Samba Esquema Novo (180 Gram Vinyl, Deluxe Gatefold Edition) [Import] 12/05/2020 Released: 11/04/1997

Released: 11/04/1997

Jean-Luc Ponty (violin)

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Saundra Alexander

Big Ben: Samba Esquema Novo (180 Gram Vinyl, Deluxe Gatefold Edition) [Import] 12/05/2020 Released: 11/04/1997Ben's first full length record, this 1963 release contains the hit singles "Mas Que Nada" and "Chove Chuva" and typifies the light yet propulsive rhythms that afforded Ben a decades long career in Brazilian pop. Not yet pared down to the more rock and Afro percussive driven sound he eventually developed, Samba Esquema Novo (which translates to "New Style Samba") is replete with swirling bossa nova rhythms and soaring choruses. Its big band style