There are some interesting tidbits of information about the use of the Ophicleide in Brazilian Choro - a predecessor of jazz from the mid to late 1800s in this article:
http://tinyurl.com/6qjdwr" target="_blank or http://www.rafaelvelloso.com.br/pesquisa2.html" target="_blank (untranslated) and there is some minor reference to the use of the Ophicleide in early Cuban jazz.
Perhaps Marcus Rojas (esp. with Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos) or Edwin Rodriguez might have some better leads?
Afro-Cuban Tuba Recordings?
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Re: Afro-Cuban Tuba Recordings?
Just found a good sample of a Flute and Ophicleide duet in a Choro song named "Sao Joao Debaixo D'Agua" http://www.zavvi.co.uk/music-World+Musi ... 10.1/p.jsf - don't have a lock on the artist names, but probably Pixinguinha on the flute, recorded in 1911.David Richoux wrote:There are some interesting tidbits of information about the use of the Ophicleide in Brazilian Choro - a predecessor of jazz from the mid to late 1800s in this article:
http://tinyurl.com/6qjdwr" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank or http://www.rafaelvelloso.com.br/pesquisa2.html" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank (untranslated) and there is some minor reference to the use of the Ophicleide in early Cuban jazz.
Perhaps Marcus Rojas (esp. with Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos) or Edwin Rodriguez might have some better leads?
Just found a motherlode of Brazilian historical recordings!
http://acervos.ims.uol.com.br/php/index.php?lang=pt" target="_blank - some of it translates to english pretty well, other parts do not.