One Trick Dog Records Wishes You A Joyful Noise and Happy New Year.
Roosevelt Island is fortunate to have many talented musicians as residents and a community which appreciates and treasures them. Roosevelt Islander Ben Rosenblum is an award winning jazz pianist and accordionist.
Mr Rosenblum , on the accordion, shares some wonderful Joyful Noise playing Brazilian Choro music.
Enjoy.
According to Mr Rosenblum:
Ive been playing choro with these wonderful people for a couple years now every other week, and it was time to put something on video. Heres our version of Jacob do Bandolims Bole-Bole.
Featuring the incredible @cesargarabini and @juiceondrums
Choro (pronounced SHOH-roh) is best described in American terms as “the New Orleans jazz of Brazil.” It is a complex popular musical form based on improvisation, and like New Orleans jazz, blues, or ragtime, grew from a formalized musical structure and many worldly influences. But to the people of South America, choro is Brazil. It is life.
The word choro in Portuguese literally means “to cry,” which seems like an ironic name for music that is often so joyous and celebratory. Actually the term refers to the lilting or “weeping” qualities of the solo instrument, usually a flute or clarinet (Think of the way Benny Goodman could “wail”)….
Here’s more on the history of Brazilian Choro music. Enjoy.
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