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Music of
Brazil's
Northeast
Forro & Repente to Coco & Maracatu
Brazilian
Music
Brazil's huge Northeast includes states such as Pernambuco, Bahia, and Ceara; the arid sertao hinterland, and the dynamic coastal cities of Recife and Fortaleza. Here we showcase artists with strong roots in northeastern musical styles such as Forro, Baiao, Xote, Embolada, Coco, Frevo, Repente, Xaxado, and Maracatu. Below are legendary artists Luiz Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro; northeastern MPB stars like Alceu Valenca, Elba Ramalho and Geraldo Azevedo; and contemporary northeastern musicians Mestre Ambrosio, Nacao Zumbi, Chico Cesar, and Zeca Baleiro. Also See: Forro & Baiao, Frevo, and Embolada & Repente.
Nordeste CDs: Various Artists & Collections Northeast Music DVDs
Forro & Baiao Embolada & Repente Frevo
More Artists Of Northeastern Brazil
Various Artists Of the Nordeste
& CD Collections of Northeastern Music
Brazil Classics,
Vol. 3: Forró, Etc.
Luiz Gonzaga, Gal Costa, Dominguinhos,
Jackson do Pandeiro, João do Vale, others
Brazil Forró: Music For Maids & Taxi Drivers
Toinho de Alagoas, Heleno dos Oito Baixos,
Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando
Música Armorial
by Paraiba Quintet, Samuel Espinoza, Antonio
Carlos Nobrega d' Almeida, and Anonymous
L.H. Corrêa De
Azevedo:
Music Of Ceará And Minas Gerais
Various Artists perform congos, cocos, maracatus
and various other regional genres from Ceara and Minas
Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo, a professor of music (and composer) from Rio de Janeiro, recorded the material on this collection in the early 1940s. Azevedo’s involvement in folk culture began in 1937, leading to a chair in National Folklore at Rio’s National Institute of Music. In 1941 he visited Washington, DC as a guest of the Pan-American Union and returned to Brazil with recording equipment loaned to him by the Library of Congress. He then began to undertake arduous expeditions through Brazil documenting a great variety of his country’s folk music. The northern and central Brazilian songs on this collection are performed on shaker, wooden box, claps, strings, bell, friction drum, guitar and other instruments. The music Azevedo recorded documents the roots of Brazilian music which would later enter the mainstream of world popular music. Like the Discoteca collection, this material has also been carefully re-mastered from the original master discs. --album description
Gilberto Gil
Eu Tu Eles
(Soundtrack)
Soundtrack by Gilberto Gil for
the movie "Me You Them," with
many songs by Luiz Gonzaga
Cantoria 1
Cantoria 2
O Doutor Do Baiao: Humberto Teixeira
Tribute
to Humberto Teixeira,
Luiz Gonzaga's longtime lyricist
(2004)
Various Artists
Baiao De Viramundo: Tribute To Luiz Gonzaga
Mestre
Ambrosio, DJ Dolores, Nacao Zumbi,
Nana Vasconcelos, Otto, Nouvelle Cuisine
and others provide modern interpretations
of classic tunes by the king of baiao and forro
(2002)
Ao Vivo Em Todos Os Sentidos
Alçeu Valença
(DVD
- 2005)
9 de Frevereiro (DVD)
by Antônio Nóbrega
(2006)
A singer, violinist, actor and dancer from Recife, Antonio Nobrega (1952-) was part of the northeastern group Quinteto Armorial in the 1970s, before embarking on a solo career. His remarkable music-dance-storytelling theatrical presentations combine cantigas, maracatus rurais, frevos and cirandas, and he plays both violin and instruments he has discovered in the sertao (outback) of Pernambuco state. He has won many awards, including the Premio Shell, Premio APCA and Premio Sharp--Chris McGowan
Dreaming of a better life, migrants from the Northeast of Brazil speak about the city of São Paulo, and sing it in prose, songs, stories and multiple sounds. Plot Synopsis: The rhythms and rhymes of the "cantadores," those troubadours from Northeastern Brazil, tell us the beat of São Paulo. Journalist or simple maid, director of an art gallery or home builder, the northeastern immigrants will bring us to sketch a portrait of one of the biggest cities in the world.--DVD description
This is a very beautiful poetic film about the largest city in South America, Sao Paulo told from the perspective of its largest migrant population the Nordestinos. Filled with startling music (forro, repente, embolada) and a cast of warm and humorous characters. Tremendously photographed and edited a total must have for lovers of all Brasilian, and indeed documentary. Just watched it and I have a very big smile on my face. --an Amazon reviewer
Forro: Music from Brazil's Northeast
Axe / Music of Salvador & Bahia
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