Why is This Country Dancing?

A One-Man Samba to the Beat of Brazil

John Kirch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.

Published:1st Apr '03

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Why is This Country Dancing? cover

Details the major aspect of Brazilian popular music and its relation to the formation of national identity in Brazil including a wealth of in-depth musical history about such sub-genres as choro, bahia, bossa nova, axe music, Brazilian jazz, and a retrospective on leading musicians. There are extensive portraits on great singers, composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Girl from Ipanema"), and Americans such as Lyle Mays, Herbie Mann who have long been associated with Brazil's music.

A delightfully compelling survey of the Brazillian geography and its music. This is a fun, captivation read that you will indeed dance through. -- Linda Dailey Paulson * Dirty Linen *

ISBN: 9780815412618

Dimensions: 215mm x 142mm x 19mm

Weight: 372g

328 pages