The chugging rhythms of Samba traveled from the predominantly black state of Bahia in northern Brazil, down to Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century. There it spawned several offshoots, among them the loud, chanted Samba Enredo which powers annual Carnaval parades and competitions to this day, and Samba-Cancao, which features more complex harmonies and lyrics. Instrumentation (including the size of the percussion section) varies with style and place, but Samba roots are strong in its offspring: Bossa Nova, Tropicalia, and MPB (Brazilian pop). Samba itself is meanwhile alive, vibrant, and well at each year's Carnaval.
Paulinho Da Viola, Bebel Gilberto, João Gilberto, Agepê, Jorge Ben Jor, Zeca Pagodinho, Chico Da Silva, Curumin, Bezerra Da Silva, Samba Squad, Clara Nunes, Elza Soares, Rosalia De Souza, Almir Guineto, Martinho Da Vila, Arlindo Cruz, Beth Carvalho, Carmen Miranda, Nelson Sargento, Sergio Mendes, Seu Jorge, Clementina De Jesus, Alcione, Ary Barroso, Noel Rosa, Chico Buarque, and Wilson Moreira.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ March 08, 2010
A set of scripts and graphical front-ends for UNIX platforms that allows communication and resource sharing in a Windows NT networking environment. Open source and pioneer of the SMB/CIF protocol, Samba has made UNIX/Windows integration a reallity.
"I just installed Samba 2.1 on my BSD Machine. Now I can print from my BSD tower to my XP machine's printer"
by Sgt.Bitterpants September 20, 2003
A Volkswagen Deluxe Microbus with the highest level or trim available. The production of the Samba started in 1951 and ended in 1967.
by Harry Lane Smith August 01, 2005
That block has a Samba
by Matt Fryer November 17, 2007
by The Greatest Man from Youngstown September 14, 2005
ohmygod i saw this girl. and she had sambas. and i had sambas. and i was like hey. you with the shoes. lets go. then we fell in love.
by hendrixlives December 04, 2005