A tábua de Esmeralda

"A Tábua de Esmeralda (together with Jorge Ben's 1976 album África Brasil) could be said to represent the creative culmination of his astonishing '70s. The music that Ben recorded during this period had tremendous influence on Brazilian musicians at that time and to a great extent helped to ignite the creative explosion that took place in the Brazilian samba rock and samba soul scenes during the '70s ... Belongs in the record collection of any fan of Ben's music and is also a great starting point for someone who wants an introduction to his work".

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