Os Novos Baianos was an important group in Brazilian music in the '60s and '70s -- from which came several successful solo artists:
Moraes Moreira,
Baby Do Brasil (then
Baby Consuelo),
Pepeu Gomes (a virtuoso in rock guitar and choro mandolin), and Paulinho Boca de Cantor. Other support musicians for their recordings included here had already constituted a band called
A Cor Do Som, which also had some international success playing electric choro. This is their second album, released in 1972. The work displays a strong influence from
João Gilberto, with whom they had been together in the preceding year (clearly felt in Moraes' "Acabou Chorare"). But it is not related to bossa nova in any way, consisting of explorations of the group's compositions in acoustic and electric settings, with freshness and originality. The album has some important songs, including "Brasil Pandeiro," a classic by Assis Valente rejected by Carmem Miranda that deals with the appreciation for Brazilian music by American people; "Preta Pretinha"; "Acabou Chorare"; and "Besta é Tu." ~ Alvaro Neder