Banda Black Rio is a Brazilian musical group from

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that was formed in 1976. It has a repertoire based on

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

but also including

samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

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and Brazilian rhythms.

History

Compared to other soul-funk groups, such as Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind and Fire, Banda Black Rio developed a particular style of

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

soul music Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. Soul music became po ...

fusing together elements from a number of genres.

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had just been established in Brazil, and they wanted to create a band that could be the pioneer of this movement; so they contacted Oberdan Magalhães, a renowned saxophonist, who accepted the challenge together with trumpet player Barrosinho, keyboards and arrangements

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, guitars and arrangements Claudio Stevenson, bass Jamil Joanes, trombone Lucio Silva and formed Banda Black Rio. Mixing R&B, jazz and samba elements, Banda Black Rio was one of the first to undertake the fusion of Essential Brazilian Music with International Black Music. They were brought together in 1976. Banda Black Rio was often associated with soul-funk bands such as Kool & the Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire,

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, and others. The band recorded six albums: the instrumental ''Maria Fumaça'' (1977), ''Gafieira Universal'' (1978) and ''Saci Pererê'' (1980). They were also invited to take part in other artists' albums, such as

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, Alcione, Carlos Dafe, and recorded a live album with Caetano Veloso entitled ''Bicho Baile Show'' and Global Brazilians in 1985. The album was released in 1995. The present band are the sons of the original members. Two albums came out from this new generation of Black Rio. Rebirth released in the 2001 and Supernova samba funk in 2012.

Discography

*1977 - ''

Maria Fumaça ''Maria Fumaça'' is the debut album by Brazilian Funk band Banda Black Rio released in 1977 vinyl format by Atlantic Records (BR 20.022) and issued in 1994 CD format by WEA Music and distributed by Warner Music Brasil (450996349-2). It was lis ...

'' *1977 - ''O Dia em que a Terra Parou'' by

*1978 - ''Bicho Baile Show'' by Caetano Veloso *1978 - ''Tim Maia Disco Club'' by

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*1978 - ''

Gafieira Universal ''Gafieira Universal'' is the second album by Brazilian funk band Banda Black Rio released in 1978 vinyl format by RCA Records (103.0268) and reissued in 1993. Released in 2001 CD format by RCA Records and distributed by BMG Music under catalog n ...

'' *1980 - ''Saci Pererê'' *1995 - ''Global Brazilians'' *1998 - ''12 Inch Jazz Funk Classics'' *2000 - ''Rebirth/Movimento'' *2011 - ''Supernova Samba Funk'' {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1976 Brazilian jazz ensembles Brazilian funk musical groups Brazilian soul musical groups 1976 establishments in Brazil