Description
| Release Date | 08/05/2026 |
| Format | LP Black |
| Label | Verve |
| Catalogue Number | 95701512 |
(Verve Vault)
Samba 68, released on Verve in 1968, introduced Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Marcos Valle to a wider international audience. Already established in Brazil through songs such as Samba de Vero (Summer Samba), Valle worked with producers Bob Morgan and Ray Gilbert on a recording that pairs Brazilian rhythmic forms with contemporary American studio orchestration. The sessions include vocals by Anamaria Valle and arrangements by Eumir Deodato, whose writing places Valles guitar and voice within settings for strings, brass, and rhythm section typical of Verves late-1960s productions. The repertoire features English-language versions of compositions co-written by Valle including So Nice (Summer Samba), Chup Chup, I Got Away, and Safely In Your Arms alongside additional material that reflects his economical writing and feather-light rhythmic approach. The album documents a meeting point between Brazilian popular music and international pop-jazz studio practice at the end of the 1960s.
Tracklist:
The Answer
Crickets Sing For Anamaria
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Chup Chup, I Got Away
If You Went Away
Pepino Beach
She Told Me, She Told Me
It’s Time To Sing
Batucada
The Face I Love
Safely In Your Arms
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