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Día do Choro! Celebrating choro (and jazz) on the birthday of Pixinguinha (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, 1897-1973)

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    PLAY THE SHOW Title / Time /  Year /  Artist / Album /  Composer Desprezado / 2016 / 6:39 / Trio Corrente / Volume 3 / Pixinguinha Carioca Nights (Noites Cariocas) / 5:08 / 1993 / Eliane Elias / Paulistana / Jacob do Bandolim Brejeiro / 5:22 / 2007 / Arthur Maia / O Tempo e a Música / Ernesto Nazareth   Odeon / 3:56 / 2014 / Antonio Adolfo / Rio Choro Jazz / Ernesto Nazareth From Bahia to Ceará / 3:21 / 2005 / Moacir Santos / Choros & Allegria / Moacir Santos Atraente / 2:21 / 2004 / Olivia Hime / Serenata de Uma Mulher / Chiquinha Gonzaga André de Sapato Novo / 3:26 / 2013 / Vinicius Granziol Quinteto [with Fabio Augustinis] / Tributo a Pixinguinha e Benedicto Lacerda / Pixinguinha Agradecendo (feat. Richard Galliano ) / 3:53 / 2013 / Hamilton de Holanda / Mundo de Pixinguinha / Pixinguinha Choro Pesado / 3:26 / 2017 / Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro [ Dudu Maia , Douglas Lora , Alexandre Lora ] / Rosa dos Ventos / Dudu Maia & Douglas Lora Chorinho em Cochabamb

Chico Buarque & Maria Bethânia Ao Vivo (1975)

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  PLAY THE SHOW Chico Buarque & Maria Bethânia Ao Vivo ( Phillips, 1975 ) on this week's edition of Caminhos do Jazz. Two superb artists---both of whom are still going strong in 2024--mark a decade of professional life under the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985) in this remarkable recording, captured live in Rio.  Check the YouTube of the opener below. " Olê, Olá "!     Album information (tracks, composers) is here , lyrics (in Portuguese) are here . English translations of Buarque's lyrics are here .   Official artist sites: Chico Buarque and Maria Bethânia .     ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  All About Jazz . W hile you're at it, why not support community radio by becoming a member of the station at  join.krtu.org ?  What's that catchy theme music for Caminhos do Jazz?  Damas Grátis  (Ladies Free) / 4:37 / 2007 /  Eduardo Neves  /  Gafieira de Bolso  /  Eduardo Neves  

Vinicius Cantuária and Jamie Baum, new releases...

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PLAY THE SHOW Diving into two rivers on this edition of Caminhos do Jazz, both new releases on Sunnyside Records. Here's a key video from each... Vinicius Cantuária, Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside, 2024)     Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside, 2024)   Title / Time /  Year /  Artist / Album /  Composer Rio Negro / 3:29 / 2024 / Vinicius Cantuária / Psychedelic Rio / Vinicius Cantuária , Caetano Veloso É Preciso Perdoar / 4:18 / 2024 / 2024 / Vinicius Cantuária / Psychedelic Rio / Alcyvando Luz & Carlos Coquejo Costa Uirapuru / 3:33 / 2024 / Vinicius Cantuária / Psychedelic Rio / Naná Vasconcelos , Vinicius Cantuária Insensatez (feat. Gianluca Ballarin ) / 4:07 / 2024 / Vinicius Cantuária / Psychedelic Rio /  Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes To Be of Use / 9:55 / 2024 / Jamie Baum / What Times Are These / Jamie Baum (poem, Marge Piercy ) An Old Story / 9:23 / 2024 / Jamie Baum / What Times Are These / Jamie Baum (poem, Tracy K. Smith ) sorrow s