[Dixielandjazz] Choro

[David Richoux]

There is a collection of Pixinguinha songs available on CD - I picked  
up a copy in Rio a few years ago while on a band tour. Very  
interesting, fun large combo (small Big Band ;-) things from the late  
30's onwards - early examples of "choro."

I think that particular CD is still in print and there are many other  
Pixinguinha recordings available through on-line shops - even Amazon!

Dave Richoux
On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> Snipped from an Australian "on line" publication. (theage.com.au)  
> How about
> it, Luis and Tito, does choro correlate to Dixieland as this  
> article opines
> in the 3rd paragraph?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
snip

> Influenced by European melodies and African rhythms, choro is known as
> Brazil's first urban music. With a correlation to Dixieland jazz, it
> coalesced in the 1870s, eventually sitting alongside bossa nova and  
> samba in
> the Brazilian canon. Braced by guitars and percussion, it's fuelled  
> by deft
> variations on established chords and themes.
>
> "There's a kind of dialogue when people play it together," explains
> Kaurismaki. "You have to respect the rules but you can improvise."
>