About Samba Esquema Novo by Jorge Ben Album
Samba Esquema Novo is the debut studio album by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben, released on January 10, 1963, via Philips Records. It features the Brazilian samba jazz group Meirelles e os Copa 5 as a support band. Samba Esquema Novo is on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music in 15th position. At the time of its release, critics from the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo believed that the album would quickly disappear from stores, just like the 78 rotations previously released by him.