choro (brazil)

this is a style that i feel i have become slightly familiar with
largely because of a dvd i bought and watched a few months ago titled brasileirinho
which roughly translated i presume means choro in brazil
the film is about the impact of choro music on brazilian society
centred around the preparations for a concert by the various musicians
and culminating in the concert itself in an theatre in rio de janeiro
choro music seems to be quite soulful
as opposed to it's close relation of the light-hearted bossa nova
there are some great scenes in the film of audience participation
indicating a passion for the music that invokes great comraderie
seems the grandfather of choro is a chap called pixinguinha
wrote and performed a lot of classic choro tunes from the 1920's onwards
the clip below is from the closing scenes of the film
performed by one of the groups seen often in the buildup to the concert
a group called trio madeira brasil
here's what songlines had to say about choro
(9 of 50)

choro is the ragtime of brazil and the mother of samba and bossa nova
for just as jazz lies latent in ragtime, so those later rhythms lie latent in choro
the rhythm grew from a fusion of african and european dance hall styles - particularly polka
rio's masked balls, including those at carnavale were exclusive for the white and rich
and like carnavale itself, choro was born when poor african brazilians
created their own festivities in the favelas which honeycombed rio's hills
even in the early 20th century