Brazilian Choro with Ian Coury and Cesar Garabini: A dance between the 10-string mandolin and the 7-string guitar
Gordon Gamm Theater 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, COTICKETS Choro—the “New Orleans Jazz of Brazil”—emerged in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in the 1890s as an infectious mix of European classical music and African rhythms. It is the historical precedent to Samba and Bossa Nova. In Portuguese, “choro” means “cry” or “lament.” Although some choro compositions are sentimental and melancholy, many others are lively …