I don't know how to forward this post but it should also be on the main 'General Mandolin Discussion' page as well as the front page of the MC web site. Everyone possible should be made aware of...
I don't know how to forward this post but it should also be on the main 'General Mandolin Discussion' page as well as the front page of the MC web site. Everyone possible should be made aware of...
Sometimes I just give a sigh of happiness at the joy some people have in making music. This is not only well played but it is composed by the piano player. What a wonderful discovery on youtube.
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Hi Adam,
Thank you for checking out the Crafting Jazzier Solo Lines course and for weighing in here about it's application. I'm glad you enjoy it and hope you'll continue to enjoy it. I've...
Something I'd like to share that I learned from Don Stiernberg--when discussing music (and this can be said for art of any kind), generalized adjectives like, "good", "great", "terrible", "awful"...
When playing with a band, it is easy to play inversions and leave out the root. I also tend to play very vanilla chords in a band situation. The register of the mandolin is where many instrumentalist...
Thank you, Elisa.
His playing, his approach to the music and the general spirit of that session with friends was a thing to joy. I stayed up late last night watching YouTube clips of him. He's an...
Scott, you have no idea how happy I got when I saw you wrote a post about Macambira.
He was born in poor area in northeastern Brazil, and moved to São Paulo city with his brothers, who had a group...
Rather than detract from the Elisa Meyer interview just published, thought we'd share a few video clips of the remarkable João Macambira separate from that article. We learned of his name when Elisa...
Really sweet. Going to work on my Portuguese to translate it, but there's a ton of rare Jacob here...you are allowed to download it also! Presented by the Club do Choro de Sao Paolo.
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Don Stiernberg Trio on "Chicago Jazz Live", WDCB 90.9 FM, www.wdcb.org. 7:00 CST Tuesday January 19th,2016
Hour long broadcast of performances from "Steve Rashid Presents Live at the Whiskey...
Choro Das 3 will be performing in Santa Cruz Sunday June 21st, so I would imagine they will make a visit to the Symposium the
following week too. Their mandolinist is Elisa Meyer, who not only...
Just stumbled on this beautifully done version of Jacob's Ternura. Vitor Casagrande seems to do a wonderful job of dynamics on this.
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Hi Jim, I didn't mean to imply there was no information on this board about choro, sorry! I've discovered lots through reading threads on here, and it's an invaluable resource for book and album...
Pixinguinha, born on April 23 in 1897. His first choro, 'Lata de Leite', was written in 1911.
Ernesto Nazareth, born March 20 in 1863. He wrote 'Brejeiro' in 1893.
Chiquinha Gonzaga, born...
Do you know that on ABPRIL 23 is celebrate in Brazil THE NATIONAL CHORO`s DAY and it was an Hamilton iniciative to talk to the deputy ARTHUR DA TAVOLA to create a National day of Choro, guess what he...
Check this newly posted video out. Starts 2:00 minutes in if you don't speak Portuguese. But this guy filmed Pixinguinha when a young man.
http://youtu.be/oPx-7BzxX_g
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my dear friends to know Pixinguinha, is to discover Brazil. Some people tell that Pixinguinha is the Brazilian Scott Joplin http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin but this i leave with you guys to...
In Rio Pixinguinha has a street named after him and a beautiful statue that stands in front of a restaurant/tavern where he hung out with the likes of Jacob, Noel Rosa, A.C. Jobim, and other greats,...
Good news! I just received this list of remaining gigs from David Isenberg:
Friends and music lovers,
As many of you know, I am helping the great Brazilian choro band,
Choro das 3, organize...
Just picked up Don's new mandolicious CD "Mandoboppin!" It is every bit as good as you might imagine, and considering how great his last CD was, that's pretty impressive. It stands up as a jazz CD,...
Great sounding tracks, John. Nice lines on Memories, I want to redo mine.
This morning's effort: http://snd.sc/15eYdsl
I am going to miss the class, and the weekly video lecture/demos. It...
I am happy to anounce that HAMILTON DE HOLANDA new album TRIO is out let me know if you like this ensemble
Hamilton de Holanda (10-string mandolin);
Thiago Serrinha (percussion);
André...
Obrigado Carlos!
Speaking of Waldir Azevedo and "Pedacinho do Céu", here is a version of this tune that I ran across recently that I really like.
-David
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Hello Mandolinist Colleagues,
I discovered an amazing choro tune yesterday. The name is "É uma doçura" composed by Waldir Azevedo, the greatest Brazilian Cavaquinho player.
This song was...
Found hanging on the wall of the workshop main jam house last night late. No signature but I think the feelings were that Anat was an inspiration to us all. If any of you get a chance to see and ...