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Pixinguinha
Meet the artist
A Brazilian flutist, saxophonist, composer and arranger who expanded the language of choro. Afro-Brazilian rhythms and intricate countermelodies form a lasting part of his instrumental legacy. Interweaving melodies move over buoyant rhythms.
A secondary line behind the main tune gives the ensemble additional motion. Choro is not the same music as jazz, but its responsive interaction and individual instrumental voices offer familiar pleasures. Concise pieces combine danceable clarity with careful composition, revealing melodic and rhythmic resources heard in later Brazilian guitar and bandolim playing.
Where to start listening
In Gente da Antiga, follow melodies passing between singing and wind instruments to hear the close relationship of song and instrumental playing.
1968Gente da Antiga
Pixinguinha
Pixinguinha joins Clementina de Jesus and João da Baiana. Exchanges among voices, percussion and wind instruments evoke the Rio musical culture that nurtured samba and choro.
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