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Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ⓘ) is a relaxed style of samba [nb 1] developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.
West Side Story Bossa Nova is an album by saxophonist Bill Barron featuring bossa nova versions of tunes from the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical West Side Story which was recorded in 1963 and first released on the Dauntlesss label. [1] [2] [3]
Bossa nova jazz standards (8 P) Chico Buarque songs (4 P) M. Sérgio Mendes songs (8 P) Pages in category "Bossa nova songs" ... The Look of Love (1967 song) M.
Jazz Samba Encore! is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá, released on the Verve label. [5] It is bossa nova in a slower groove. It contains a mix of Jobim standards as well as originals from Bonfá. Performers also include Antonio Carlos Jobim and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife.
Big Band Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones album) Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz album) Black Orpheus; Bossa Nova (John Pizzarelli album) Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s; Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions; Brasileiro; Brazil (Rosemary Clooney album) Brazilian Romance
Nick Coleman of The Independent praised the album as "an exemplary account of how Brazilian music found its keenest popular focus in the 1960s" [4] Neil Spencer of The Observer praised the album as a "dazzling 2CD set" noting its hybrid of artists such as Elis Regina and Jorge Ben with "edgier creations", noting Baden Powell's song "Canto De ...
Bossa Nova Jazz Samba is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank and pianist Clare Fischer released on the Pacific Jazz label, and is in the genre of bossa nova. [1] [2]
Nouvelle Vague is the debut studio album by the French band Nouvelle Vague.It was first released on 9 August 2004 on Peacefrog Records.. The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/new wave era.