Happy International Choro Day!

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rickfaulknernyc
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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":

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by rickfaulknernyc »

And Fred Dantas playing "É Do Que Há": <YOUTUBE id="zIPjLQ38fSQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIPjLQ38fSQ</YOUTUBE>
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by Kbiggs »

Thank you all! Such happy music! I really needed this!
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by rickfaulknernyc »

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Nice - "O Bom Filho" is one of my favorites.
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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:

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