@ J Thyme…KIND (Solid Listens!) : Friends of this page will know that I’m a big fan of the RCA Victor label during the 70’s. This is another lovely example of that studio sound. Ismael Silva recorded very few albums, so that makes this all the more special. Sorry about the smaller size on this, but it was shared with me via a SLSK buddy.
@ National Geographic :Part of Brazil’s legacy of samba pioneers, composer and singer Ismael Silva (1905-1978) represented an elite group of the genre’s innovators or sambistas, and set the tone for a more creative and edgy approach. From the famous Rio neighborhood of Estácio (regarded as the “cradle of samba”) emerged a group of artists such as Silva who would forge a new sound as well as forever change the landscape of Rio’s Carnaval with the formation of the first escola de samba, Deixa Falar (Let Them Speak), in 1928.
@ Wikipedia :Em 1928, Ismael Silva, com um grupo de sambistas do Estácio, fundou o bloco que se tornaria o precussor da primeira escola de samba de que se tem notícia: a Deixa falar. A Deixa falar desfilou nos anos de 1929, 1930 e 1931. Seu final ocorreu em função da mudança de Ismael para o Centro do Rio de Janeiro, após as mortes de Nílton Bastos e Edgar Marcelino.

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