Batucada (Walter Wanderley album)
# Batucada (Walter Wanderley album)

Batucada is a 1967 album by Brazilian musician Walter Wanderley. Batucada refers to a fast and repetitive style of samba music played with percussion instruments and is used as an intro on the third track, "Batucada."

## Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic described Wanderley's organ sound as "veer[ing] close to the edge where cool jazz becomes easy listening," but said that "fans of Wanderley's work on Astrud Gilberto's A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness will enjoy this as background music."

Professional ratings :

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## Use in media

The song "Os Grilos (The Crickets Sing for Anamaria)" was used in an episode of Breaking Bad titled "Hermanos."

## Personnel

* Walter Wanderley – organ, piano
* Jose Marino, Sebastian Neto – bass
* Acy R. Lehman – cover design
* Irv Elkin – cover photo
* Val Valentin – Engineering Director
* Dom Um Romao, Paulinho – Drums
* Lee Herschberg, Rudy Hill – Recording Engineer
* Marcos Valle – Guitar
* Marcos Valle (tracks: side one - 3, 5; side two - 1, 4,), Walter Wanderley (tracks: side one - 2; side two - 2, 3, 5, 6) – Mixer, Arranger
* Lu Lu Ferreira – Percussion
* Creed Taylor – Producer
* Claudio Miranda (tracks: side two - 5), Talya Ferro (tracks: side two - 3, 5) – Vocals
