Samba-rock is a genre of samba and subgenre of rock. Created in the 1960s the genre combines the sounds of Brazilian samba bebop jazz and soul. Jorge Ben Jor created the style with his album Bidu/Silêncio no Brooklin. After this a great number of artists followed Ben’s beat including Banda Black Rio and Trio Mocoto.
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