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Waldir Azevedo was probably the most successful composer and musician from the genre choro, and perhaps of most Brazilian music, in comparative conditions. A pioneer within the exploration of the device cavaquinho, his designs, basic and communicative, generally succeeded in recording the eye of listeners. Azevedo documented 132 compositions in …

The very first Brazilian rock-band, Barão Vermelho deserves the title because while Blitz was the first ever to make success within the style concocted within the ’80s in Brazil, Blitz was a pop band with pinches of rock, while Barão Vermelho had a visceral rock approach right from the start. …