Ocean

by Bola Sete

Ocean cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Takoma
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 1:21:45
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released on John Fahey's Takoma label, 'Ocean' showcases legendary Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete entirely unaccompanied. The record is a stunning display of virtuosic fingerstyle technique, seamlessly blending the rigorous structures of classical guitar with Brazilian rhythms and meditative, highly evocative contemporary folk.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, aquatic, technical, instrumental, improvisation, traditional, guitars, unaccompanied-solo, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Vira Mundo Penba (4:16)
  2. Guitar Lamento (4:49)
  3. Let Go (4:45)
  4. Macumba (3:43)
  5. The Lonely Gaucho (2:33)
  6. Inn of the Beginning (2:28)
  7. Xengo Xengo Xererengo (2:42)
  8. Ocean Waves (O Mar) (8:58)
  9. Jongo (2:21)
  10. O Astronauto (3:06)
  11. Black Mommy (4:31)

Credits

  • Bola Sete - primary artist, guitar, arranged by, written-by
  • Baden Powell - written-by
  • Dorival Caymmi - written-by
  • Jo茫o Pernambuco - written-by
  • Vinicius De Moraes - written-by
  • Chargas - written-by
  • Martius - written-by

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