Dudu Maia and his group AQuattro have recorded a CD with compositions by Luperce Miranda some years ago. Luperce Miranda was a bandolim player and composer who has composed many great choros. I have bought the CD by AQuattro as well as a book with choros by Luperce Miranda and I liked to play some […]
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A choro tune that I have heard many times during this years European Mandolin Academy is Desvairada by Garoto. Garoto was the Nickname of Anibal Augusto Sardinha. Here is some information from the site http://brazilianmusic.com/garoto/ Anibal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garôto, (The Kid), was born from Portuguese immigrants Antônio Augusto Sardinha and Adosinda dos
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Revendo o Passado is a great choro waltz by Freire Júnior. You can find more information about Freire Júnior at the end of this post. I have found many interesting versions of this choro, played by guitar, bandolim, cavaquinho, clarinet as well as sung versions. I have even found a version played by a trombone.
Some great video clips from a recent concert with Oliver Waitze, Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker and special guest Tim Connell: WOW, what a wonderful evening with great musicians and a wild audiance!! The concert was on 13th July at the New Acoustic Gallery (www.n-a-g.net) in Germany. The whole concert was also filmed. Watch out for
The second to last piece in the Songbook Choro is Valsa Sem Nome von Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell. This choro is mostly played on the classical guitar, and it is a very popular guitar piece. I have collected many great videos of this tune in my playlist below. This is Valsa Sem Nome
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Today I have listened to another choro from the Songbook Choro – Remexendo – a happy choro by Radamés Gnatalli . On my homepage MandoIsland I am working on a projec twhere I try to find videos and additional information about the 97 choros contained in the Songbook Choro. The Songbook Choro project pages can
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Another interesting ensemble with Marcelo Fortuna is the Ensemble BARBACUTE. This group plays Klezmer music and Brasilian Choro music. Marcelo Fortuna plays the cavaquinho, the other instruments are clarinet, recorde, violoncello and bass. Enjoy the ensemble BARBACUTE! BARBACUTE Antonio Carrilho (Recorder) Fausto Corneo (Clarinet) Marcelo Fortuna (Cavaquinho – “Brazilian ukulele”) Edoardo Sbaffi (Cello) Miguel Leiria
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Yesterday I have discovered the youtube chanel of Marcelo Fortuna. In this youtube channel you can discover many interesting videos. Marcelo Fortuna has studied guitar in Brazil and Portugal. He lives in Portugaql now and teaches guitar. This is the information from his homepage: He studied composition at the School of Music of the Federal
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The choro A Ginga do mané is the first choro contained in the songbook choro. On my homepage some time ago I have started a project to present all the 97 choros from the songbook choro with youtube videos and more interesting information. Now again I have started to work on this project, and I
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The following videos show the documentation of a concert with some choro tunes played by Paulo Flores & Cambanda Jazz Combo. It shows some historic recordings and the new versions. I liked those 4 videos very much. In the last video the choro Boneca is played, a choro that I have just added to my
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