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  • Ms. COHEN: Well, I guess it was and it is because any music that I play - whether I play the music of Louis Armstrong or I play the traditional folk music of Brazil called Choro or any kind of music that I get to play on the clarinet, people ask me if I play Klezmer.

    Big and Small Sounds from Anat Cohen 2007

  • (Soundbite of song, "Choro") SIEGEL: What a beautiful piece.

    The Restless Guitar Of David Russell 2010

  • 'Choro' means 'to cry' (although I'm not 100\% sure of the infinitive), and so the title translates to 'Saxophone, why cry?'

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • Abis dari temat Choro baru deh ke PsB, beli2 dikit.

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2006

  • Choro, and then skirt the Elephant Marsh, with Mount Clarendon on their left.

    A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

  • He raised a signal flag to warn the brakemen to stop, called, "Choro!" to Caesar.

    A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

  • Preen Chand threw up the red flag to warn his crew, then yelled "Choro!" as loud as he could.

    A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

  • Preen Chand threw up the red flag to warn his crew, then yelled "Choro!" as loud as he could.

    A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

  • Preen Chand yelled "Choro!" as soon as Trevithick was out, then crawled slowly afoer him.

    A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

  • Choro is a kind of urban folk music that grew out of a merging of European and Brazilian sensibilities, and it calls on the player to be agile, inventive and swinging.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michal Shapiro 2011

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