The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

M Cobrinha Verde recorded by Jim Metzner

July, 2016
📻 Velhos Mestres

M Cobrinha Verde in 1976!

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01.

Samba da Viola, Amaralina, Salvador

2:09

02.

Samba da Viola, with vocals

1:57

03.

Samba da Viola, Amaralina, Salvador

1:21

M Cobrinha Verde in 1976
The street of the school of M Cobrinha Verde » Alto da Santa Cruz in Nordeste de Amaralina

Nordeste de Amaralina

Information

M Cobrinha Verde and the viola players of Alto da Santa Cruz, recorded in 1976 by Jim Metzner.
First voice and pandeiro: M Cobrinha Verde
Second voice and pandeiro: Roque
Drum: Amem
Pandeiro: M Nelito
Viola: Marcelino (M Mau?)
And 6 baianas (one of them M Bimba's wife, another M Cobrinha Verde's wife, another M Bimba's daughter)

Image gallery
The front cover of the CD
Bahia. Traditional music and moments from Brazil

About M Cobrinha Verde:

«Rafael I don't know with whom he learned, don't know. I knew him here when he was capoeira mestre. I didn't have much knowledge about him. But later he came here to Pero Vaz [..] He also had his academy in the city. I didn't have integration with him.»
M Waldemar, 1987
«Other great character was Cobrinha Verde, who reappears [around 1976]. It was around this time [1980 in the 1st Seminar of Capoeira and festival of Capoeira rhythms] that we rediscovered Mestre Cobrinha Verde, through Marcelino [..]»
Frede Abreu in Magalhães, 2011
«Besouro and Cobrinha Verde who quarreled in Santo Amaro, were protected by nega da costa. You know who nega da costa is? A black woman was called nega da costa in the old days, in Cachoeira. Traíra was a fighter too. Cobrinha Verde walked around with a cow rib on his belt, a knife with two cutting edges, was called the cow rib.»
M João Grande in Castro 2007

M Cobrinha Verde recorded by Jim Metzner