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And here he is demoing a tune played to a samba rhythm. The tune is O Boêmio (sometimes called Os Boêmios) by Anacleto de Medeiros.


https://youtu.be/09_z_NKurwY?si=4ZpWpcRrV5eu1PKp

IMHO, the limiting factor for choro in the US is not a lack of melody players, but of accompanists. Given how few cavaquinho players there are in N America, it will often fall to the mandolin player...

Very helpful history here, Al! As you know, I produce both Django in June and Choro Camp New England and it is remarkable to me the parallels between the development of both genres (jazz manouche and...

Thanks, Ted....Coming from you, that means a lot. Thanks for all you've done to spread the gospel of choro in the US. I look forward to meeting at some point.

Hey...someone just steered me toward this post of yours, Tim. Thanks for the mention! I hope to have the website up and running in a couple weeks: chorocamp.com. Vamos lá! :)

Hi Jim...Andrew here.
I hope to have the website up in a couple of weeks, but have to get the Django in June website updated first. Busy time of year for me! The site will be at chorocamp.com.
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