TONI TORNADO / ZECA DO TROMBONE & ROBERTO SAX - Sou Negro / Coluna Do Meio - 7" - Vinyl

LABEL: Mr Bongo

CAT NO: BRZ45086

BARCODE: 7119691273075

Tracklisting:

A) Toni Tornado – Sou Negro
B) Zeca Do Trombone & Roberto Sax – Coluna Do Meio

TONI TORNADO / ZECA DO TROMBONE & ROBERTO SAX
– Sou Negro / Coluna Do Meio

7″ – Vinyl

Sou Negro (I’m Black) is taken from Toni Tornado’s (aka Antônio Viana Gomes) sought after 1970 four-track compacto EP on Odeon Records. Already having had some experience in show business as a dancer in the 1960s, Toni started his musical career in 1970 and adopted the stage name ‘Toni Tornado’. The influence of James Brown flowed through his music, with Toni becoming one of the first Brazilian artists (alongside Tim Maia) to introduce the soul and funk sound into Brazilian music. Together with other contemporary musicians and bands such as Banda Black Rio, Gerson King Combo and Cassiano, this new sound led to DJ’s throwing soul parties. This unique Brazilian take on soul and funk (and later on disco) became coined as ‘Black Rio’. A movement that celebrated pride in its Black identity and consciousness.