Dance Music from Brazil: Choros and Forro 4 CD SET

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This specially priced 4-CD collection explores the multifaceted aspects of Brazilian traditional music. From choro to forro, the spirit of Brazil may be found living through the music.

CDs also available individually:

Os Ingenuos play Choros
Pernambuco's Music played by Oficina de Cordas
Choros from Bahia
Camarao plays Forro - Dance Music from Northeastern Brazil


Os Ingnuos
Oficina De Cordas
Fred Dantas, Trombone
Ailton Reiner, Bandolim, Cavaquinho
Camaro, accordion

Choro is fun. It first appeared in Rio during the late 19th century as a popular style of playing waltzes, tangos and maxixes (ancestor of the samba). The musicians or chores were as influenced by Afro-Brazilian elements as they were by European models and the choro style quickly developed into a genre of its own attracting the finest musicians and composer / arrangers of the century. In choro, unlike jazz, only one instrument takes the solos while the others provide a rich texture to support the melody. It remains an endlessly fascinating and rewarding resource for Brazilian musicians, always popular despite being periodically out of fashion.