Released: 28/01/22
This Mr Bongo reissue of Gomez's 1972 jewel, Soul of Samba, is presented with the cover art originally used on the Trio Records version released in Japan. Soul of Samba features several Euro-bossa-jazz favourites such as the catchy 'Rio', which featured in Rainer Trüby's classic Glücklich compilation series which explored European-Brazilian-inspired music. The beguiling ‘Aquarela', with its engaging latin shuffle, entices feet to the dancefloor, while 'Agua’ has a lazy-quirky latin-funk feel with breathy-stoned vocals floating in the background. The album additionally features numerous breezy latin, Brazilian and easy-listening joints.