Dom Salvador - Série Samba Soul '1971

Tracks list

The music created by Dom Salvador e Abolição on this album is an extremely
funky, smooth, and natural-sounding mixture of different music styles like
samba, soul, rock, jazz, forro, and baião. Considered to be a milestone
within Brazilian music, the album has had enormous influence on the sound and
development of Brazilian funk, soul, and jazz. Especially the famous Banda Black
Rio, who would follow the lucid path that Dom Salvador laid with this album.
Indeed, Banda Black Rio's future leading member, Oberdan, also appears on this
record, playing saxophone and flute. Compared to Banda Black Rio's music, this
album is, in general, slightly more pop- and rock-styled, with more direct and
distinct melodies. Dom Salvador e Abolição also use a wider variety of
music styles in the various songs on this album than Banda Black Rio would on
theirs. Most tracks on Som, Sangue e Raça are instrumental, but the ones with
lyrics, as, for example, the dramatic opening track, "Uma Vida," with its
magnificent piano intro played by Dom Salvador himself, are among the absolute
highlights of the album. Another great track with vocals and lyrics is "Hei!
Você," where '70s R&B is mixed with typical baião tones. Some other tracks
that are worth a special mention here are "Folia de Reis," featuring exciting
accordion play; the famous "Guanabara," featuring Oberdan's flute; and the great
"O Rio," which starts of as a smooth funk tune but in the end turns into a
carnival-esque samba. The unique, funky groove of Dom Salvador e Abolição
turned Som, Sangue e Raça into one of the best and most important samba/soul
albums ever recorded in Brazil. ~ Philip Jandovský

Tracklist:
1.01 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Uma Vida (Album Version) (2:47)
1.02 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Guanabara (3:12)
1.03 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Hei! Voce (Album Version) (2:33)
1.04 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Som, Sangue E Raça (Album Version)
(2:44)
1.05 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Tema Pro Gaguinho (Album Version) (2:28)
1.06 - Dom Salvador - O Rio (Album Version) (3:59)
1.07 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Evo (Album Version) (3:05)
1.08 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Number One (Album Version) (3:41)
1.09 - Dom Salvador - Folia De Reis (Album Version) (2:28)
1.10 - Dom Salvador - Moeda, Reza E Cor (Album Version) (3:22)
1.11 - Dom Salvador & Abolição - Samba Do Malandrinho (Album Version)
(2:25)
1.12 - Dom Salvador - Tio Macrô (Album Version) (2:16)

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