Déo Rian & Noites Cariocas

Déo Rian has been the keeper and developer of the choro tradition since the '60s. He played and recorded with Jacob do Bandolim, Paulinho da Viola, Joel do Bandolim, Clara Nunes, Rafael Rabello, and many others, also having a noted international career as a soloist. He began to play the cavaquinho at age nine. At an early age, he was a frequenter of the Retiro da Velha Guarda, where Pixinguinha, Napoleão de Oliveira (founder of the rancho Ameno Resedá), Cincinato do Bandolim, Luperce Miranda, and Jacob do Bandolim played. Under the influence of Jacob do Bandolim, he abandone...