Batucada is a 1967 album by Brazilian musician Walter Wanderley. Batucada refers to a fast and repetitive style of samba music played with percussion instruments and is used as an intro on the third track, "Batucada."
Critical reception John Bush of AllMusic described Wanderley's organ sound as "veer[ing] close to the edge where cool jazz becomes easy listening," but said that "fans of Wanderley's work on Astrud Gilberto's A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness will enjoy this as background music."
Use in media The song "Os Grilos (The Crickets Sing for Anamaria)" was used in an episode of Breaking Bad titled "Hermanos."Catlin, S. & George, M. (Writers), & Rencr, J. (Director). (2011, September 4). Hermanos. [Television series episode] In V. Gilligan (Producer), Breaking Bad. New York City: AMC.
Track listing
Personnel
Walter Wanderley – organ, piano Jose Marino, Sebastian Neto – bass Acy R. Lehman – cover design Irv Elkin – cover photo Val Valentin – Engineering Director Dom Um Romao, Paulinho – Drums Lee Herschberg, Rudy Hill – Recording Engineer Marcos Valle – Guitar Marcos Valle (tracks: side one - 3, 5; side two - 1, 4,), Walter Wanderley (tracks: side one - 2; side two - 2, 3, 5, 6) – Mixer, Arranger Lu Lu Ferreira – Percussion Creed Taylor – Producer Claudio Miranda (tracks: side two - 5), Talya Ferro (tracks: side two - 3, 5) – Vocals
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