The composition and interpretation by Victor Assis Brasil in Pro Zeca

hybridism between the Brazilian baião and bebop

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Keywords:

Victor Assis Brasil, Musical hybridism, Brazilian baião, Bebop, Popular music, Music analysis

Abstract

Study about the recognition of compositional and intrepretive elements typical of bebop and baião in the Introduction and Theme of Pro Zeca by Brazilian composer and saxophonist Victor Assis Brasil (1945-1981) departing from three primary sources: (1) the edited lead sheet that reproduces the composer’s autograph (ASSIS BRASIL, sem data a), (2) an anonymous lead sheet manuscript (ASSIS BRASIL, sem data b) and (3) the lead sheet of the transcription based on the composer’s recording (ASSIS BRASIL, 1974) included at the end of this article. This comparative analysis reveals hybridization between bebop and the Brazilian baião, in which the characteristics of these popular genres from two different countries sometimes remain separate and sometimes are interwoven into a synthesis.

Author Biographies

  • Leonardo Barreto Linhares, Izabela Hendrix Methodist University Center, Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)

    Saxophonist and flutist graduated from the UFMG School of Music and holds a master's degree in performance from the same institution. He is a full time professor at the Music College of the Izabela Hendrix Methodist University Center, where he also directs two extension projects. He is a member of the quartet "Violões e Cia" and the choro trio "3X0", which have been performing in concert halls and theaters in Belo Horizonte and other cities. He works as a studio and stage musician, performing and recording with names like Elza Soares, Celso Adolfo, Gilvan de Oliveira, Serginho Silva, Trio Amaranto, Cléber Alves, Geraldo Vianna, Andersen Vianna and soundtracks for "Grupo Corpo". He teaches courses and workshops on popular music with emphasis on improvisation and choro through FUNARTE and other cultural institutions. He taught at the music school "Pró-Music" for two years and worked as a saxophone teacher at the UFMG extension course for four years. He participated in courses and workshops given by musicians Vinícius Dorin, Guinga, Sérgio Santos, Proveta and Léo Gandelman.

  • Fausto Borém, University Federal of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Brazil)

    Full Professor at the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he created the Master's in Music and the Per Musi Magazine. He is a CNPq researcher since 1994 and his research results include a book, three book chapters, dozens of articles on performance practices and their interfaces (composition, analysis, musicology, ethnomusicology and music education) in national and international journals, dozens of score editions and recital presentations in major national and international double bass events. He has received several awards in Brazil and abroad as a soloist, theorist, composer and teacher. He has played with classical musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, Menahen Pressler, Yoel Levi, Fábio Mechetti, Luiz Otávio Santos, Arnaldo Cohen, Antônio Menezes and popular musicians such as Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Henry Mancini, Bill Mays, Kristin Korb, Grupo UAKTI, Toninho Horta, Juarez Moreira, Tavinho Moura, Roberto Corrêa, Maurício Tizumba and Túlio Mourão. His recordings include the CD Brazilian Music for the Double Bass, the CD and DVD O Aleph by Fabiano Araújo Costa, the CDs of the Baroque Orchestra of the Juiz de Fora International Festival from 2005 to 2009 (with Luiz Otávio Santos), Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano (with Maurício Freire, Tânia Mara and Eduardo Campos) and No Sertão (with guitarist Roberto Corrêa) and Cidades Invisíveis (with saxophonist Daniel d ́Olivier).

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2011-01-10

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“The Composition and Interpretation by Victor Assis Brasil in Pro Zeca: Hybridism Between the Brazilian baião and Bebop”. 2011. Per Musi, no. 23 (January): 1-11. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/41180.