Buddy Deppenschmidt, a jazz drummer who learned the rhythms of Brazilian music on a State Department tour, then appeared on a best-selling 1962 album, “Jazz Samba,” which helped launch a worldwide ...

As a composer, producer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sergio Mendes helped pioneer the bossa nova movement and popularize Brazilian music globally with his band, Brasil 66. In his over 60-year career, ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the '60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. The recording artist died ...

Throughout his 50-year career, Brazilian superstar Roberto Carlos has been the biggest-selling artist in his native country. Starting out as a bossa nova crooner in the early ’60s, he first achieved ...

1 Photos & Video: Will Blum, John Treacy Egan and More in 1776 2 Video: Liz Leclerc, Will Blum & John Treacy Egan Perform 'He Plays the Violin' from 1776 at Paper Mill Playhouse This fall, presented ...

Join us for a magical evening celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bossa Nova featuring Ricardo Peixoto on accoustic guitar and Catia Lund on vocals. Take a journey through the golden age of the ...

Sérgio Mendes, a Brazilian music powerhouse and bossa nova pioneer has died in his hometown of Los Angeles, his family said in a statement Friday. He was 83. Mendes, who’s known across the globe for ...

Celebrate the golden age of West Coast cool and Brazilian bossa nova with three of St. Louis’s brightest stars: trumpeter and vocalist Dawn Weber, bassist-singer Janet Evra, and pianist-arranger Kara ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...

Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai ...

Audio and visual extravaganza kicks off today with official animated video for bossa nova classic 'The Girl From Ipanema' and unique visualizers for some of the most important songs of the canon.