Marcos Valle: Samba ’68 (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-34 and vocalist Marlena Shaw

and vocalist Marlena Shaw

The album presents eight evocative originals from the emphatic title track with its declarative refrain to the tenacious resolve and austere beauty of the extraordinary “Song Of Will

the same week he recorded his acclaimed trio album All In My Mind

Over two days in August 1971

Marcos Valle: Samba ’68 (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-34 and vocalist Marlena ShawVerve, 1968 Samba 68, released on Verve in 1968, introduced Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi instrumentalist Marcos Valle to a wider international audience. Already established in Brazil through songs such as Samba de Vero (Summer Samba), Valle worked here with producer Creed Taylor on a recording that pairs Brazilian rhythmic forms with contemporary American studio orchestration. The sessions include vocals by Anamaria Valle and arrangements