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Joelson Costa, better known as Maninho, came to Toronto in 2001 with Filó Machado and has since played there with Jovino Santos Neto and organized an Associação do Samba and a bloco carnavalesco called Batucada Carioca. The bloco’s bateria currently numbers twenty members.
Maninho’s drumming credentials run in the family; he’s the nephew of the famed Mestre Odilon, diretor de bateria of G.R.E.S. Acadêmicos do Grande Rio and co-author of the book O Batuque Carioca.
As is plainly visible in the photos to the left and below, Maninho himself is no slouch and knows how to command a bateria with due authority, giving the signal with the traditional apito.
The occasion for this gathering was Batucada Carioca’s final party of the 2005 carnaval. The bloco is now getting ready for its summer activities.
- Daniella Thompson 23 February 2005
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The authentic sound of what is widely considered the greatest show on earth – the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval. For the past five years, Batucada Carioca has focused upon the most traditional and original rhythms of Rio's Samba Schools, carrying with them the joy, fidelity and soul of true Samba.
The group formed from informal jam sessions brought together by Maninho Costa who was commissioned to perform at the annual Brazilian Carnival Ball of Toronto. Maninho Costa, nephew of the most respected drum core leader in Rio de Janeiro, was raised in the world of Samba, and has participated in many of Samba's most remembered recordings and still plays a feature role in the drum core's of Rio's Carnaval.
Maninho's group in Toronto involves lovers of traditional samba and has become a passionate community of musical artists. Bearing the colours Blue and White, the group pays homage to Rio de Janeiro's Portela samba school.
Batucada Carioca has a heavy swing and is melodically accompanied by cavaquinho, bass and trombone as well as various singers form the Brazilian community of Toronto. The repertoire includes the songs of Beth Carvalho, João Nogueira and classics such as Aquarela do Brasil in a breathtaking instrumental rendition... not to mention the greatest Samba Themes form Carnaval's past which will prove once and for all how Brazilians come by being so light on their feet!
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