Roland Dyens - Rosa (Pixinguinha)

This is one of the most beautiful arrangements by ROLAND DYENS, who collected 11 great works by Pixinguinha and put them on the classical guitar with his unmistakable style …as they were in a new evening dress…
“PINZINDIM” , a Brazilian nickname meaning “good little boy” , was the way his Grandmother was used to call him….
He is also renown a the “Cole Porter” of Brazil, or, the “Father of Choro” , and nowadays he is still an Icon of Brazilian music.
He was a GENIUS and the day of his funeral the whole country cried his loss...it is said : even the sky was crying…
Alfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr., better known as Pixinguinha (April 23, 1897 – February 17, 1973) was a composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha is considered the greatest Brazilian composer of popular music, particularly within the genre of music known as choro. By integrating the music of the older choro composers of the 19th century with contemporary jazz-like harmonies, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and sophisticated arrangements, he introduced choro to a new audience and helped to popularize it as a uniquely Brazilian genre. He was also one of the first Brazilian musicians and composers to take advantage of the new professional opportunities offered to musicians by the new technologies of radio broadcasting and studio recording. Pixinguinha composed dozens of choros, including some of the most well-known works in the genre such as "Carinhoso", "Glória", "Lamento" and "Um a Zero".