Rio Con Brio began in 2006 as a vehicle for virtuoso mandolinist Tim Connell to indulge his burgeoning obsession with the Brazilian national music “choro”. Joined by fellow gypsy jazz string player Mike Burdette, the two soon accumulated a large repertoire of these quirky instrumental tunes from early 20th Century Brazil – predecessor of samba, bossa nova and MPB – complex yet accessible, exotic yet familiar – and all addictively danceable.
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