For most people, bossa nova began in 1962, the year tenor saxophonist Stan Getz's album Jazz Samba (Verve, 1962) and 45rpm pull "Desafinado" stormed up the pop albums and singles charts. That fall, ...

Here’s the thing with Brazilian bossa nova standards: They were pretty much written with the idea in mind that other artists should be encouraged to put their own spin on them. Take the ubiquitous ...

One of America's first champions of Brazilian bossa nova was Felix Grant. A jazz disc jockey in Washington D.C., Grant hosted The Album Sound on WMAL. His voice had a soft, sophisticated on-air sound ...

Earlier this month, news arrived of the soundtrack for the forthcoming Minions movie, The Rise Of Gru. It was produced by Jack Antonoff and primarily features artists covering '70s tracks: St. Vincent ...

Rio de Janeiro, novembro de 1962. O telefone toca na casa de Roberto Menescal. Um funcionário do Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE) convida o músico, então com 25 anos, para participar de um ...

In the late 1950s on the beaches of Rio, an eclectic group of musicians came together to create the distinctive and sensual music known as Bossa Nova. Classic tracks include 'The Girl from Ipanema', ...

Julho de 2018. João Gilberto está diante da televisão, assistindo com entusiasmo aos jogos da Copa da Rússia, torcedor entusiasmado de futebol que é. A aposta é de Zuza Homem de Mello, jornalista, ...

Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...

Se você disser que eu desafino, amor. Saiba que Bossa Nova, o terceiro volume da coleção MPQ - Música Popular em Quadrinhos, já chegou às livrarias. E a editora Brasa fez um trabalho de primeira, sem ...

In 1988, Terry Gross spoke with Jobim, who wrote "The Girl from Ipanema," one of the songs that started the Bossa nova craze in the United States. Jobim died in 1994. This is FRESH AIR. And we're ...