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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.
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s.
In 2007, Elias released Something for You, which won Best Vocal Album of the Year and the Gold Disc Award in Japan. Something for You reached No. 1 on the U.S. jazz charts, No. 8 on Billboard, and No. 2 on the French jazz charts. In 2008, she recorded Bossa Nova Stories to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bossa nova. [6]
Souza began her career by providing vocals for producers of electronic music. Under pseudonyms she sang versions of hits songs from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, such as "Creep" by Radiohead and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club. [2]
Sitti Katrina Baiddin Navarro-Ramirez (born November 29, 1984 [1] in Las Piñas), known professionally as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. [2] After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. [3]
"Pensativa" is a bossa nova jazz standard by American pianist/composer/arranger Clare Fischer, first recorded in 1962 by a quintet under the joint leadership of Fischer and saxophonist Bud Shank, and released that year as part of an album entitled Bossa Nova Jazz Samba, comprising music in this style, as per its title, all of it arranged by ...
"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese; "I am going to tell you" in English) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim.Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year.
Café Bossa is the debut album by Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti.It was released in the Philippines on January 25, 2006 by Warner Music Philippines.The album spawned four successful singles—"Tattooed on My Mind", "Hey Look at the Sun", "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" and "Para sa Akin".