On the 50th anniversary of the Bossa Nova, Jon Lusk charts its rise, from Rio's beaches to a cultural force that shaped politics and fashion If there's one style of music that people everywhere ...

FILE - Brazilian composer and pianist Joao Donato accepts the best latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas. Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for ...

He was 88 years old. LONDON -- Joao Gilberto, one of the pioneers of Bossa Nova, the Brazilian musical genre characterized by a subtle mix of Samba and Jazz, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 8 (Reuters) - Brazilians said goodbye to legendary musician João Gilberto, a founder of bossa nova, ahead of his funeral on Monday afternoon, with an outpouring of grief from some ...

With her soulful, cigarette-tinged contralto and emotive “bossa-jazz” stylings, she mesmerized audiences and critics alike. By Alex Williams Leny Andrade, the Brazilian singer who earned an ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

One unfortunate outcome of Brazilian bossa nova's overpowering early love affair with jazz is that the 'other musics' from Brazil have not received their due. These three releases challenge that and ...

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It wasn’t easy being the only girl. In the late 1960s, when Brazilian pop music seized the international spotlight with a dazzling array of artists who wrote and performed their own material, Joyce ...

When Sergio Mendes reflects on the amazing journey he calls life, from his formative years at the forefront of a bossa nova revolution through his Oscar-nominated work on "Rio" to the recent ...