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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.
"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 ...
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.
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]
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.
Jazz or jazz-influenced music has at times been controversial for being seen as representing a foreign "contamination" of native forms like choro. On the other hand bossa nova, a jazz influenced form of Brazilian music, was popular among the upper-class and sometimes faced criticism for being "bourgeois."
Jazz 'n' Samba is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson ... "I Love You " (Cole Porter) - 4: ... "Jazz Bossa Nova" - 3:01; Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder ...
Sarah Vaughan - I Love Brazil! (1977) Herb Ellis, with Remo Palmier - Windflower (1978) Charlie Byrd - Sugarloaf Suite (1979) and The Bossa Nova Years (1991) Earl Klugh - Late Night Guitar (1980) Stan Getz & Cybill Shepherd - Mad About The Boy (1980) Tania Maria - Piquant (1980) Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981) Susannah McCorkle ...