Terra Samba

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Terra Samba
General information
origin Salvador da Bahia , Brazil
Genre (s) Axé , Baiano Pagoda , Sambareggae
founding 1991
Website www.terrasamba.com
former members
singing
 Reynaldo Nascimento
percussion
 Mario Ornellas
percussion
 Edson Souz
Drums, vocals
 Ari Bidal
bass
 Ricardinho
percussion
 Marcos de Mello
Guitar
 José Mario
percussion
 Jurandir
Keyboard
 Alexandre Moura
singing
 Liane Grisi
Metals
 Luciano Chaves
singing
 Flavia Mendonça

Terra Samba is a Brazilian sambareggae music group founded in 1991 in the style of Pagoda baiano from Salvador da Bahia . Founding members are Mário Ornellas and Edson Souza, two former percussionists of the popular pagoda troupe Gera Samba .

The band originally consisted of 12 members. Her breakthrough came with her second album Deus É Brasileiro in 1996 , and her first five albums were sold more than three million times.

Negão Jamaica, his brother Beto Jamaica (Tchan) and Mário Ornellas have been leading the band since 2016.

successes

In 1998 they landed a mega hit with the song Liberar Geral and is one of the classics of the genre. Their Brazilian (compared to Carnival in Salvador ) and Caribbean rhythms are typical of the band's music.

Some other well-known songs are Deus é Brasileiro (“God is Brazilian”), Na Manteiga , Banho de Chuveiro or Carrinho de Mão . Terra Samba is one of the popular bands from Brazil at the time of the first wave of the Axé in the 1990s. In addition, the band had three tours in Europe and two in America, where they became known outside of their homeland.

Discography

  • Terra Samba Faz Bem (1995)
  • Deus é Brasileiro (1996)
  • Liberar Geral (1997)
  • Ao Vivo ea Cores (1998)
  • Auê do Terra (1999)
  • Sinal Verde (2000)
  • Ao Vivo ea Cores II (2001)
  • Xi do Terra Samba (2002)
  • Show do Terra (2003)
  • É só Alegria (2004)
  • Terra Mix (2005)
  • Dendê (2006)
  • Live at Ceval (2008)

literature

  • Marcio Paschoal: Pisa na fulô mas not maltrata o carcará. Vida e obra do compositor João do Vale, o poeta do povo. Lumiar, Rio de Janeiro 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terra Samba - Componentes. In: com.br. Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira, accessed on 23 August 2019 .
  2. ↑ Terra Samba - Biography. In: allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ G1 lista 15 músicas para entender o axé eo carnaval baiano. In: globo.com. g1.globo.com, accessed August 23, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).