smaller formations, commonly without a brass section and made up of Bahian-guitars, drums, bass, electric guitars, keyboards and a singer. The style developed in the early 1950s in Bahia, spurred by a performance given by the "Clube Carnvalesco Misto Vassourinhas of Olinda" in Salvador (Bahia State) and later by the band Trio Elétrico Armandinho, Dodô & Osmar, gave origin to the trio eléctrico tradition of the Bahian carnival, which fused the frevo with Western pop rock. References External links on the origins of frevo-de-trio style (Bahia) Brazilian styles of music Brazilian Carnival Brazilian dances