Samba Is Our Gift, by The Ipanemas

Samba Is Our Gift

by The Ipanemas

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1.	Imperial 04:29	buy track
2.	Malandro Quando Vaza 03:18	buy track
3.	Mangue 03:03	buy track
4.	Samba Pra Mim Mesmo 04:41	buy track
5.	Taioba 03:11	buy track
6.	San Roque 05:11	buy track
7.	Valsamba 04:05	buy track
8.	Folia No Samba 03:48	buy track
9.	Samba D 02:19	buy track
10.	Treze, Trinta e Nove 03:29	buy track
11.	O Samba E O Meu Dom 05:11	buy track

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Far Out Recordings kicks off its 30th anniversary celebrations with the long awaited first ever vinyl pressing of The Ipanemas’ Samba is Our Gift.

Originally released in 2006, the album combined Afro-Brazilian-bossa nova with classic vocal samba: a step back in time to 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

The Ipanemas, aka drummer and vocalist Wilson Das Neves and guitarist Neco, were instrumental in breaking bossa nova in the 1950s. In the decades following, they recorded with practically every Brazilian great there is, including Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wilson Simonal, Chico Buarque & Elza Soares to name a small few.

Bringing together jet-set swinging bossa, with the roots samba and Candomble music of the religious black Brazilian working class, ‘Samba is our Gift’ united two sides of Brazilian culture that rarely met.

Alongside Wilson Das Neves and Neco, the album featured Azymuth’s original drummer Ivan Conti who helped put the project together and shared drum and percussion duties with Das Neves.

Neco passed away in 2008, Wilson Das Neves in 2017 and Conti in 2023 but between the three of them, they left us with an enormous body of beautifully joyous music spanning over half a century.

With a remaster and vinyl cut by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records, Samba is our Gift will be released on a limited edition green vinyl LP for the first time ever for Record Store Day 2024 via Far Out Recordings.

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released August 10, 2006

1. Imperial (W. D. Neves/ A. Blanc)
Wilson Das Neves – Drums/ Percussion/ Lead vocal
Neco – Acoustic guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic Guitar/ Vocals
Mamao – Vocals/ Percussion
Fernando Moraes - Piano
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Thiago – Vocals/ Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements – Wilson Das Neves
String arrangements - Alain Pierre Magalhaes

2. Malandro Quando Vaza (I. Conti)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion/ Vocal
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Vocals
Mamao – Drums/ Vocals/ Percussion/ Acoustic Guitar
Fernando Moraes - Piano
Thiago – Vocals/ Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements - Mamao

3. Mangue (J. Helder)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion/ Drums/ Vocal
Neco – Vocal
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Vocal/ Acoustic Guitar
Mamao –Vocals/ Percussion
Thiago – Vocals/ Percussion
Arrangements – Jorge Helder

4. Samba Pra Mim Mesmo (W. D. Neves/ P. C. Pinheiro)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion/ Lead vocal
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic guitar
Mamao –Drums/ Percussion
Fernando Moraes – Piano
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Jesse - Trumpet
Thiago – Percussion
Arrangements – Jorge Helder

5. Taioba (I. Conti)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion/ Vocal/ Berimbau
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Vocals
Mamao – Drums/ Vocals/ Percussion/ Acoustic Guitar
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Jesse - Trumpet
Thiago – Vocals/ Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements - Mamao

6. San Roque (D. D. Azevedo)
Wilson Das Neves – Drums/ Percussion
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass
Mamao – Percussion
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Zizinho - Percussion

Arrangements - Neco

7. Valsamba (J. Helder)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic Guitar
Mamao – Drums/ Percussion
Jesse - Trumpet
Marcello Bernades - Flute
Thiago – Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements - Jorge Helder
String arrangements - Alain Pierre Magalhaes

8. Folia No Samba (J. Helder)
Wilson Das Neves – Percussion/ Lead vocal
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic guitar
Mamao –Drums/ Percussion
Fernando Moraes – Piano
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Thiago – Percussion
Arrangements – Jorge Helder

9. Samba D (D. D. Azevedo)
Wilson Das Neves – Drums/Percussion
Neco – Acoustic guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass
Mamao – Percussion
Arrangements – Neco

10. Treze, Trinta Nove (J. Helder/ I. Conti)

Wilson Das Neves – Percussion
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic Guitar
Mamao – Drums/ Percussion/ Acoustic Guitar
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Jesse - Trumpet
Thiago – Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements – Mamao/ Jorge Helder

11. O Samba e Meu Dom (W. D. Neves/ P. C. Pinheiro)
Wilson Das Neves – Drums/ Percussion/ Lead vocal
Neco – Acoustic Guitar
Jorge Helder – Bass/ Acoustic Guitar/ Vocals
Mamao – Vocals/ Percussion
Fernando Moraes - Piano
Vitor Santos – Trombone
Thiago – Vocals/ Percussion
Zizinho - Percussion
Arrangements – Wilson Das Neves

Produced by Joe Davis, Dave Brinkworth and Mamao.
All tracks published by Far Out Music Publishing UK/ Westbury Music LTD except ‘Imperial’, ‘Samba Pra Mim Mesmo’, & ‘O Samba e Meu Dom’ by Far Out Music Publishing UK/ Westbury Music LTD/ CC.

Recorded @ Studio Verde, Rio de Janeiro by Ricardo Bomba and Dave Brinkworth.
Mixed at Press House by Dave Brinkworth. Mastered by John Dent @ Loud Mastering, assisted by Dave Brinkworth
Remaster and vinyl cut by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records

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