Song:We And The Sea
Album:We And The Sea
With the popularization of Brazilian music in the 60s, all kinds of musicians came to the US to get record deals. After success in Brazil, Tamba 4 recorded a couple of albums in the late 60s for producer Creed Taylor. Though now long forgotten, Brazilian music fans should check them out. The leader of Tamba 4 was pianist Luiz Eca. He is probably best known as the composer of the jazz standard The Dolphin. He started out as a sideman in the late 50s. He formed the Tamba Trio in 1962 with bassist and flutist Adalberto "Bebeto" Castilho and and drummer Helicio Milito. They recorded a few albums for Philips and had success with the Jorge Ben song Mas Que Nada. They also backed up Edu Lobo on his 1967 debut album. After Milito left Tamba Trio, Eca and Bebeto continued with Dorio Ferreira on bass and Ruebens Ohana on drums as the Tamba 4. They signed with producer Creed Taylor and Verve/A&M. We And The Sea was their 1967 debut album. When they didn't have chart success after two albums, they returned to Brazil. Eca had a long career as a jazz pianist until he died in 1992. The other three guys continued as sidemen. Here's a video for We And The Sea by Tamba 4.
Tamba 4 actually recorded a third album for A&M/CTi that went un-issued for 50 years. It was sort-of lost in the shuffle when CTi broke away from A&M and only a single was issued. The tapes were found and issued on LP on "Record Store Day" in the fall of 2019. The resulting album is called CALIFORNIA SOUL and is a worthy addition to the Tamba 4 canon.
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