Winner of the Choro Festival of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 with his composition "Balançadinho," Jorge Cardoso consolidated for a wider audience the recognition already established by instrumentalists whom he had played with, like Hermeto Pascoal, Zé Menezes, Cliff Korman, Lula Galvão, Leandro Braga, Altamiro Carrilho, Henrique Cazes, Joel Nascimento, Conjunto Choro Livre, Cristóvão Bastos, Zé Dal Velha, Silvério Pontes, Conjunto Dois de Ouro, Luciana Rabello, Época de Ouro, Oficina de Cordas de Pernambuco, Déo Rian, Trio Madeira Brasil, and Dino Sete Cordas. Having st...