Jorge Ben
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Biography
[Edit]While many of the performers during the heyday of Tropicalia and the rise of MPB (música popular brasileira) opted for a more radical stance in their challenge to Brazil's political and cultural authorities, artists like Jorge Ben took a more understated approach. Rather than use overly theatrical performance to shock the audience or write songs loaded with political content, Ben became known as one of the country's great musical alchemists, a furiously eclectic songwriter who combined elements of indigenous Brazilian music with a groove from the west coast of Africa. Never a controversial figure in the manner of the tropicalistas like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, Ben became one of the most respected and resilient figures in Brazilian pop.
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1940, Ben took up bossa nova guitar playing after hearing João Gilberto but found the style too complex to execute. This led to his developing his own approach to the bossa nova that focused on playing the guitar as one would a bass — his early recordings are in fact bass-less. His first big hit as a singer/songwriter came at the age of 23 with "Mas, Que Nada." The song's subtle bossa nova groove proved so seductive that it was quickly covered by a number of Brazilian artists, most successfully by Sergio Mendes. During the military dictatorship's cultural crackdown in the late '60s Ben, whose music wasn't scrutinized as rigorously as that of tropicalistas like Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, was able to perform without too much trouble into the early '70s. Still, he felt the long arm of Brazilian censorship when a 1971 performance was stopped in midsong because censors felt as though Ben's backup singers were dancing too suggestively.
It was from the late '60s to mid-'70s that Ben established himself as a songwriting force within Brazil. Over the next ten to 15 years he expanded his reach, with varying success, to Europe and America (he's more popular in Europe than America). In 1989 he released the album Benjor, simultaneously announcing that he was changing his last name to Benjor. During that same time period Ben realized his dream of working with prominent African musicians when he collaborated with Nigeria's King Sunny Ade, and also was represented on an anthology of Brazilian music compiled by former Talking Head David Byrne. Although not as politically radical as many of his contemporaries, Ben proved that in certain contexts and under unusually repressive restraint, music takes on a radical political dimension.
Collections
Title: Twenty First Century Twenty First Year
Genre: World Music
Title: Pure Brazil: Caipirinha
Genre: Latin
Title: Pure Brazil: Home of Samba
Genre: Jazz
Title: Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical
Genre: World Music
Title: Bosa Nova, Vol. 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Bossa Nova, Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Bossa Nova the Best from Brasil, Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Brazil Football
Genre: Latin
Title: Samba Rock, Vol. 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Brasil 2013
Genre: Latin
Title: Red Hot + Riot
Genre: Jazz
Title: Play Brazil
Title: Pure Brazil II - Electric Samba Groove
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Carioca Party
Genre: Latin
Title: Viva Brasil!
Genre: Latin
Title: Fifty Shades Of Latin
Genre: Latin
Title: Brazil (Celebrate Samba & Bossa Nova Music)
Genre: Latin
Title: Brazil ... Ai Se Eu Te Pego (Samba Colorido)
Genre: Latin
Title: Samba & Bossa Nova
Genre: Pop
Title: The Boys from Ipanema
Title: 14 Super Sucessos Brasileiros
Genre: World Music
Title: World Masters: L'annee du Bresil, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Bottletop Presents Sound Affects: Brazil
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Twenty First Century Twenty First Year
Genre: World Music
Title: Hot Music of Brazil
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Brazilian Nights, Vol.2
Genre: Latin
Title: Pure Brazil: Feijoada
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Brazil 2: Caipirinha, 2 (Disc 2)
Genre: Latin
Title: Brasil Compilation
Genre: Latin
Title: Brazil Classics at 20: Anti-aging Solutions Revealed
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Rio Chill Out: Lounge Collection
Genre: Latin
Title: Compact Disc Club - Colors CD 3
Genre: Chill Out, World Music, Lounge
Title: Compact Disc Club - All About Funk CD 3
Genre: Funk
Title: Radio Latina, Le Son Latino CD 3
Genre: Latin
Title: Hotel Byblos Vol. 1 CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Carnaval Do Brasil CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Sea Of Wine By Costas Georgiadis
Genre: Ambient, Trance, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Classical
Title: Glucklich Vol. V
Title: Grandes Estrelas Da MPB
Genre: Latin
Title: Lovely Jazz Bossa Nova (CD1)
Title: Bossa Nova Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bosa Nova Singers
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Post Punk, World Music, Latin
Title: Mr Bongo Presents Ginga - The Sound Of Brazilian Football (Special Edition)
Artist: Ginga
Genre: Jazz
