Jacaré-mirim means little crocodile in Guarani Indian and, through it, in Brazilian Portuguese. This animal can bite but is not really mean and in any case too small to be dangerous.

The same is true of this little Tango Brasileiro, which is more entertaining than difficult or long to perform, with its 2 themes framed by an introduction and a coda.

But be careful all the same!

NB: Composed shortly afterwards, another Brazilian tango, O Trenzinho (‘The little train’) is very close to this and is almost a twin composition, although a little more modern, difficult and long, this time with 3 distinct themes.

Frédéric Cellier

Encouraged by Jean Françaix, who hailed him as ‘an excellent musician and tireless arranger’, Frédéric Cellier wrote a number of pieces of light music and a considerable number of arrangements in all styles and for all instruments acclaimed by numerous personalities in the music world.
Along his university studies (DEA in musicology, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne), Frédéric Cellier was awarded three first prizes and a development prize at the CNR of Nice and won first prize at the International Competition of Musical Execution - soloist category – of Stresa (Italy).
He is the laureate of the Fondation de France and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and accredited teacher at the CNR of Nice, the CNR of Marseille, and at the CRR Olivier Messiaen of Avignon (France).
Frédéric Cellier is the interpreter of Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for clarinet Bb and piano with Jean-Michel Damase, Jean Françaix or Gabriel Tacchino, but also performs his own version for clarinet, piano and string orchestra of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue for Wynton Marsalis or under the baton of Adrian Gershwin, grandson of the composer.