Tamba Trio:

(1962-1964):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Hélcio M… Read Full Bio ↴Tamba Trio:

(1962-1964):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Hélcio Milito

(1964-1966):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Rubens Ohana

(1967/1968):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Rubens Ohana
Dório Ferreira

(1969):
Laercio de Freitas
Bebeto Castilho
Rubens Ohana
Dório Ferreira

(1974/1975 e 1982-1984):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Hélcio Milito

(1989-1992):
Luiz Eça
Bebeto Castilho
Rubens Ohana

The principal and most talented bossa nova group of the '60s, Tamba Trio started take form following the great singer Maysa Matarazzo and later the singer Leny Andrade in one season in boate Manhattan (Rio de Janeiro), acting to the side of Luiz Carlos Vines (piano) and Robert Menescal (violão).
First steady group of instrumental music in Bossa Nova, was pioneering in the use of microphones hung in the lapel in the presentations to the living creature, what the vocalizations executed for its integrant ones became more exciting.
Tamba Trio not only played a wide range of instruments but also contributed incredibly close harmony vocals. (Most bossa nova groups specialized in either vocals or musicianship, but not both.) Taking their name from a type of drum used by Milito, the trio formed in the early '60s and rode a wave of bossa nova popularity through the rest of the decade. From their self-titled 1962 debut, "O Barquinho" became a big hit in Brazil. One year later, their irresistibly swinging version of Jorge Ben's "Mas Que Nada" (recorded for 1963's Avanço LP) became their best-known hit -- it was used most famously by Nike in a 1998 World Cup television commercial. It acted intensely up to 1992, year of death of Eça.

Samba de uma Nota Só
Tamba Trio Lyrics

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Eis aqui este sambinha
Feito numa nota só
Outras notas vão entrar
Mas a base é uma só
Esta outra é conseqüência
Do que acabo de dizer
Como eu sou a conseqüência
Inevitável de você

Quanta gente existe por aí
Que fala fala e não diz nada
Ou quase nada
Já me utilizei de toda a escala
E no final não sobrou nada
Não deu em nada

E voltei pra minha nota
Como eu volto pra você
Vou contar com a minha nota
Como eu gosto de você
E quem quer todas as notas
Ré mi fá sol lá si dó

Fica sempre sem nenhuma
Fique numa nota só

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tamba Trio's song Samba de uma Nota Só tell the story of a simple samba song that is made up of only one note. The song's writer explains that while other notes may come into play, the base of the song will remain the same. The writer then goes on to say that the other notes in the song are a consequence of what he has just said, just as he himself is the inevitable consequence of a previous relationship. He then points out that there are many people who talk and talk, but say nothing or almost nothing. This is when the writer confesses that he has used up all the notes in his musical scale, but in the end, nothing really came out of it. So, he decides to return to his one note, just like he returns to his lover. He declares his love for this one note, and compares it to his love for his significant other. As the song concludes, the writer advises that those who want all the notes may end up with nothing, but those who stick to one note will enjoy it the most.

Line by Line Meaning

Eis aqui este sambinha
Here is this little samba

Feito numa nota só
Made with just one note

Outras notas vão entrar
Other notes will come in

Mas a base é uma só
But the base is just one

Esta outra é conseqüência
This other is the consequence

Do que acabo de dizer
Of what I just said

Como eu sou a conseqüência
As I am the consequence

Inevitável de você
Inevitable of you

Quanta gente existe por aí
How many people are out there

Que fala fala e não diz nada
Who speak and speak and say nothing

Ou quase nada
Or almost nothing