What’s All the Noise About? Vintage Noise captures the spirit of cool, blending the swing of jazz with the laid-back rhythms of bossa nova. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, they bring the swagger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beloved bossa nova producer, composer, pianist and song interpreter Sérgio Mendes has died at 83. The legendary Brazilian ...

The Japanese branch of EMI Toshiba has just issued 50 budget-priced CDs as part of its “Jazz 999 Best & More" series, including the tremendous George Shearing Bossa Nova, the late pianist's lovely ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died after months of battling the effects of long Covid. He was 83.

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 ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. No ...