Why is This Country Dancing?: A One-Man Samba to the Beat of Brazil

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.

Author: John Kirch
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780815412618

About the Author
John Krich's travel and sports writing, reportage and fiction, have appeared in Mother Jones, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, the Village Voice, Image, Commentary, California, The New York Times and many others. His novel on the private life of Fidel Castro, A Totally Free Man, won a Special Citation, PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award. He leaves his luggage in San Francisco.