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The Music Of Pixinguinha: Duo Violão Brasil, Ami Molinelli, Harvey Wainapel at Piedmont Piano Company
Courtesy of Sharmila G. Lash | Posted on February 7, 2020
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Fri, March 13, 2020
8:00 pm
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Duo Violao plus 1 – Rogerio Souza, Edinho Gerber, Ami Molinelli – will play music by Pixinguinha from their album Historia do Choro released last year. They will also explore more music of this brilliant composer, arranger, flautist, and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, considered one of the greatest Brazilian composers of popular music, particularly within choro. By integrating the music of the older choro composers of the 19th century with contemporary jazz-like harmonies, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and sophisticated arrangements, he introduced choro to a new audience and helped to popularize it as a uniquely Brazilian genre...