Good news for lovers of Brazilian jazz: the cult-album by the Trio Camara, first released in 1968 on Pierre Barouh s Saravah label, has finally been reissued. The music made by the trio of Fernando Martins, Edson Lobo and Nelson Serra is in the samba jazz style, an instrumental form that developed in parallel with the bossa nova. New listeners can now discover for themselves the kind of music that was played in the many clubs of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo between 1963 and 1967: masterful performances of standards like Baden Powell s 'Berimbau' or Edu Lobo s 'Upa neguinho' appear here alongside rarer themes such as Antonio Carlos Jobim s 'Estrada do sol' and João Donato s 'Muito à vontade.' This is popular, accessible music made by musicians of skill and sophistication.
