DESCRIPTION:
"Berimbau Blues", an original composition written by The Blues Brazil Band.

The Blues Brazil Band

Alexandre Tavola - Guitar
Diego Zubrycky - Bass
Arthur Tavola - Berimbau, Percussion

I played my trusty, old and beaten Giannini Sg Bass.

Recorded live at the Tavola's garage somewhere in the end of 90's.

About the painting used here...

Escravo velho tocando berimbau (Old slave playing berimbau)

DEBRET. Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil. Paris: Didot Firmin et Fréres, 1824.

This drawing by Debret ("Escravo velho tocando berimbau") shows us that the berimbau already was present in Brasil during the early 1800s notwithstanding that it did not belong to the capoeira context.