Bossa Nova legend João Gilberto died at his home in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 at the age of 88. Together with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto pioneered a “new wave” in Brazilian popular music ...

Singer Monica Vasconcelos tells the musical and political story of bossa nova, the first modern music of Brazil. Forget its low key supper club reputation: bossa nova was tied to political revolution ...

Nothing captures the sound, the mood or the languor of summer quite like the bossa nova. Invented along the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, the quietly swaying Brazilian music became a ...

In the 1950s, West Coast jazz musicians like Chet Baker and Paul Desmond were an essential source of inspiration for Brazil's bossa nova movement. Today, vocalist Luciana Souza is putting her own spin ...

A prolific pianist, composer and arranger who began recording in the 1950s, he was a pioneer of bossa nova but didn’t confine himself to any genre. By Jon Pareles João Donato, a Brazilian composer, ...

This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among ...

Bossa nova emerged from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the late 1950s and early '60s. After the 1964 coup d'état, as a military regime took control of Brazil, the positive energy of the bossa nova era ...

Mario Bakuna performs a concert dedicated to João Gilberto who was a pioneer of the musical genre of Bossa Nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called "father of Bossa Nova".

When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first, and the best. By Clay Risen Carlos Lyra, a Brazilian composer, singer and ...

Mario Bakuna performs a concert dedicated to João Gilberto who was a pioneer of the musical genre of Bossa Nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called "father of Bossa Nova".

After selling out his first show at Morocco Bound we are pleased to announce a second date in the new year! Join him in celebrating the legacy of João Gilberto, the legendary Brazilian musician and ...

If you are not going to Brazil, Brazil is coming to you. Being unique in many ways, this country has also got its own jazz style called bossa nova. Originating from Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1950s, ...