Acclaimed reedman Paulo Moura celebrates the early 20th century form known as "choro" in a recreation of music by the famous Brazilian composer Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, who is known throughout the world as Pixinguinha. Credited for introducing the saxophone to Brazilian music,...
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Acclaimed reedman Paulo Moura celebrates the early 20th century form known as "choro" in a recreation of music by the famous Brazilian composer Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, who is known throughout the world as Pixinguinha. Credited for introducing the saxophone to Brazilian music, Pixinguinha is also widely recognized for his contribution to the development of counterpoint in the popular choro. As the first artist to revolutionize the basic idea and form of choro, Pixinguinha has been compared to Louis Armstrong, whose reinvention of the soloist as improviser forever changed the way jazz music was played.
Moura, in addition to being one of Brazil's most important practitioners of choro, is a master of bossa nova, samba de gafieira and jazz. With a solid background in harmony, counterpoint and fugue Moura, like Pixinguinha, has also established a reputation as a great arranger.
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