Abel Ferreira: Chorando Baixinho (Crying Softly) for double bass and guitar (arranged by Luis Pérez)

About the arrangement
In this arrangement, by Chorando Baixinho (Crying Softly) for Bass and Guitar, he tries to highlight the popular origin of this music full of feeling and at the same time impregnated with one of the genres most used by the composer such as Choro.

About the Composer

Abel Ferreira (1915–1980) was a Brazilian clarinetist.   Self-taught, from an early age he played the accordion, then bamboo flute. He then played a 13-key clarinet, under the guidance of maestro Hipácio Gomes. He subsequently arranged and played the piano.

Later he moved to São Paulo, where he finally managed to become a professional musician. He recorded his first choro, Chorando baixinho, in 1942. The following
year, he went to Rio to play in casinos and on the radio. He made memorable duets with Zé da Velha and with Pixinguinha, with whom he recorded Ingénuo in 1958. In Abel's own stories, he composed more than fifty songs, including Acariciando, Coromandel's Luar and Cobra's Chorinho do Suvaco. He traveled all over the world and until his last
years of life, he continued to play the clarinet, in shows with Copinha and Raúl de Barros.