Happy International Choro Day!

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rickfaulknernyc
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Happy International Choro Day!

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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":

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And Fred Dantas playing "É Do Que Há":
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"I know a thing or two because I've seen a thing or two."
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Thank you all! Such happy music! I really needed this!
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Doug Elliott wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:41 pm
Nice - "O Bom Filho" is one of my favorites.
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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:

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