Orquestra Afro-Brasileira
80 Anos

To celebrate 80 years since the birth of Orquestra Afro-Brasiliera, a long-overlooked outfit that cannily combined "Yoruba spirituality, Candomble chants, West African percussion and big band jazz", producer Mario Caldato, Jr has joined forces with the last remaining member, percussionist Carlos Negrioros, to record a brand-new album in tribute. 80 Ans, the resultant set, is undeniably special: a richly percussive, spiritual, jazz-fired journey through Afro-Brazilian music that's so well produced that you can hear each instrumental and vocal element in crystal clear clarity (something that could not be said about the collective's two original albums, from 1968 and '70 respectively). Terrific stuff all told.