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 ...
In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...
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 ...
"His musical touch hasn't left my ear." Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled a full US trailer for a fascinating, jazzy Spanish documentary called They Shot the Piano Player, which first premiered at ...
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Johnny Alf has always been revered by Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, but his legacy remains obscure, even among Brazilians. By Beatriz Miranda João Gilberto’s landmark “Chega de Saudade” is ...
He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...
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