Paulo Moura Passes

[BeBop]

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[Cyril]

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RIP

[BeBop]

Better link if you're not on a mobile device: Link

("Better link" compared to my original post, not Cyril's)

Edited July 16, 2010 by BeBop

[jazztrain]

RIP.

I remember being charmed by his duo album ("Dois Irmaos") with guitarist Raphael Rebello.

I'll be playing that again soon.

[mikeweil]

Great musician, extending the Brazilian choro tradition into jazz. I have a lot of very nice music of his. R.I.P.

Edited July 16, 2010 by mikeweil

[seeline]

He was best known - in Brazil - as a gafieira (Rio samba dance hall) soloist and bandleader.

One of his more recent CDs, Estação Leopoldinha, features him playing in that style, but with a small choro-style ensemble.

My favorite out of all of the recordings I've heard is Mistura e Manda, on Kuarup Discos. (o.p., but it's on emusic and it might not be that hard to find a copy - it was licensed for European release at one time.) Mistura... is choro, but in a contemporary style. (It's also available as a download from Kuarup - although it looks like their store is offline at the moment...)

Dois Irmãos (which jazztrain already mentioned), a duo album with guitarist Raphael Rabello, is my other fave.

Paulo's website: http://www.paulomoura.com/

Edited July 17, 2010 by seeline

[Harold_Z]

RIP Paulo. All I can add to the above is I've always enjoyed his music.