Brasil : A Century Of Song, Folk And Traditional (1995)

"On the "Folk and Traditional" album, we get a fast introduction to the roots of Brazilian music. Encompassing field recordings as well as recordings by popular Brazilian artists from the first half of the century. The disk starts out, with a 1941 recording by Carmen Miranda, she of the towering fruit basket headdresses. Other highlights of the disk are two recordings of the wonderfully rough-voiced Wilson Moreira. Chôro is late 19th century style mixing Portuguese harmonies with African call-and-response structure, played on guitars and other folk instruments with European trumpets and saxophones.A transcendent field recording of a Candomblé ceremony takes us right to the heart of Black Brazil. This is a vibrant live recording, with sweat and incense hanging heavy in the humidity. There is also a superb recording of a berimbau played by Papete, demonstrating the astonishing variety of sounds this simple instrument can create." (Jellyroll.com)