Sambalanço (a

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of samba and ''balanço'', meaning swing or

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in Portuguese) is a musical genre derived from

samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...

that developed from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s in Brazil, especially in its two largest centers, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, reflecting the changes that this genre underwent after World War II to respond to new cultural demands brought about by the country's urbanization. Having as its roots samba, especially samba-exaltação, modified through the infusion of new elements from American

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and Caribbean rhythms - the latter especially in the role played by wind instruments - sambalanço artists developed an extremely rhythmic and danceable sound, with extroverted and humorous themes.

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