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Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:21 pm
by rickfaulknernyc
For those not familiar with choro, it's roughly analogous to New Orleans jazz in Brazil, except that it's still a living and developing tradition.
Here's the elder statesman of choro trombone, Zé da Velha, playing Pixinguinha's classic "Os Oito Batutos":
VIDEO
Re: Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:25 pm
by rickfaulknernyc
And Fred Dantas playing "É Do Que Há": VIDEO
Re: Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:41 pm
by Doug Elliott
Re: Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:52 am
by Kbiggs
Thank you all! Such happy music! I really needed this!
Re: Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:12 pm
by rickfaulknernyc
Nice - "O Bom Filho" is one of my favorites.
Re: Happy International Choro Day!
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:14 pm
by rickfaulknernyc
Our choro CD has been in the works for a while, but will hopefully be completed sometime this year. Meanwhile, here's a video of the group from a few years ago:
VIDEO