[2] Considered a watershed (the original live recording) in MPB for fusing various elements of African sound with samba, Os Afro-sambas was recorded by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes, and Quarteto em Cy in 1966.

In the mid-1960s Vinícius was fascinated by an LP of samba de roda songs with candomblé influences from Bahia.

From this mutual enchantment with samba and religiosity found in Bahia, the Afro-sambas project emerged.

[3] The opening track, Canto de Ossanha is ranked number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian songs.

All tracks are jointly authored by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes.