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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Thank you all! Such happy music! I really needed this!
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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: