[Dixielandjazz] Latin influences on early jazz--reset button (Charles Suhor)

domitype . domitype at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 00:37:36 PDT 2015


Another article with some import about Spanish/Mexican music in NOLA.
http://jazz.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/jazz/docs/jazz_archivist/Jazz_Archivist_vol6no2_Dec_1991.pdf

Dave Richoux

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:23 PM, domitype . <domitype at gmail.com> wrote:

> The whole Choro thread has come up a few times before on DJML - Choro
> started before the New Orleans Jazz era by maybe 30 years, from very
> similar cross-cultural/societal  influences, but in the 1920s it was
> changed by the popularity of international records coming to Brazil. Also,
> the new popularity of the Saxophone replaced the Ophicleide from previous
> decades of Choro performances. (This also happened in Cuba, by the way -
> jazzy Choro style bands called Charanga had Ophicleides - they were common
> up to the 1930s - the locals called it the "Figle.")
>
> Just a guess on pronouncing Pixinguinha (after a week of playing in Brazil
> a decade ago:) Pix-en-heng-ya or pish-in-geen-ya  could be way off,
> Brazilian Portuguese is tricky!
>
> There is a good blog that looks at all aspects of Choro here:
> http://choro-music.blogspot.com/
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting, Harold—any YouTube available? (and pronunciation guide? My
> Hooked on Phonics approach doesn't work)
> >
> > Charlie
> >
>
>


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