Joe Chambers

• DIGIPACK EDITION

On Samba de Maracatu, Chambers asserts himself more as a mallet player, particularly on the vibraphone. Throughout the album, he uses the vibraphone as the lead melodic and improvisational voice that often converses with Merritt’s piano accompaniments and solos. While Samba de Maracatu isn’t a Brazilian jazz album in this strictest sense, Chambers utilizes various rhythms and indigenous Brazilian percussion instruments on several pieces, including the title track, which references the syncretic Afro-Brazil rhythms that were originated in the north-east region of Brazil.

PERSONNEL:

• Joe Chambers - drums
• Brad Merritt - piano
• Steve Haines - bass, acoustic
• Stephanie Jordan - voice / vocals
• MC Parrain: voice / vocals

Wilmington & Rocky Point, NC, 2020

TRACKS:

• 01. You and the Night and the Music
• 02. Circles
• 03. Samba de Maracatu
• 04. Visions
• 05. Never Let Me Go featuring Stephanie Jordan
• 06. Sabah el Nur
• 07. Ecaroh
• 08. New York State of Mind Rain featuring MC Parrain
• 09. Rio