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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.
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
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.
"Blame It on the Bossa Nova" merges the Brill Building Sound with the Latin music which Gormé had previously specialized in. The song describes a romantic relationship of a couple dancing to the bossa nova, "the dance of love." The bossa nova was a Brazilian music style especially in vogue in the United States in the late 1950s through mid ...
Pages in category "Bossa nova jazz standards" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Blue Bossa; D.
"Meditation" ("Meditação" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça. The English version has lyrics by Norman Gimbel. [1] In Finland, the song was recorded in 1963 by Olavi Virta with lyrics by Saukki under the title "Hymy, kukka ja rakkaus". [2]
On All About Jazz Dave Rickert said: "Bossa Nova must have appeared fresh at the time—it was recorded in 1962, a year before the Brazilian music craze—but now seems buried in a pack of like-minded albums. Rogers did have the presence of mind to recruit a guitarist and a few percussionists to give the music an authentic flavor, and the music ...