Release date: 30-09-2007 (originally released in 1973)

2007  German Speaker Corners  limited edition 5-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL - On We and the Sea, the instrumental group Tamba 4, spearheaded by pianist-organist-composer Luiz Eça, introduced exciting Brazilian music to the world. Brazilian with a twist: Eça’s music crossed several genres. His conceptions were to pave the way for later cultural fusions by such piano masters as Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdes - Stickered & sealed in original artwork sleeve.

Tracks:
01 The Hill
02 Flower Girl
03 Iemanja
04 We And The Sea
05 Chant Of Ossanha
06 The Dolphin
07 Consolation

Tamba 4 — the group took its name from a percussion instrument its original drummer invented to produce the textured percussion of the batucada in samba — was wildly popular in Brazil, especially after its 1963 recording of "The Girl From Ipanema" became a hit. We and the Sea showcases, among other things, the roots of Brazilian music. The haunting melodies of the indigenous Indians, the percussive brilliance of African slaves, and the loose, Moorish-tinged melodies of the Portuguese settlers — music from the northeast of Brazil — are found in three songs by the composer and guitarist Baden Powell. Then, in "Iemanja" and "Chant of Ossanha", Tamba 4 offers fishermen’s chanted hymns to the Afro-Brazilian gods of the sea and storms. And pianist Eça summons up Schoenberg along with Ravel and Gershwin in the long, classically framed Antonio Carlos Jobim piece "O Morro" ("The Hill"). The album also includes the first recording of Eça’s composition "The Dolphin", which went on to become a jazz standard.

Eçais ably assisted by three talented musicians: Jose "Bebeto" de Castilho e Souza on flute, bass, and vocals, Dorio Ferreira on guitar and bass, and Rubens Ohana on drums and other percussion. Together they produce an ebullient, ambitious, unique music that stretches boundaries while remaining Brazilian to the core.

Personnel:
Jose de Castilho e Souza, aka "Bebeto," Flute, Bass, Vocals
Luiz Eca, Piano, Organ
Dorio Ferreira, Bass, Guitar, Percussion
Rubens Ohana, Drums, Jawbone, Conga

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer
Recorded September 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 14, 1967