RIO DE JANEIRO - If fashion runways and movies are indicators of national trends, Brazil is undergoing a resurgence of nostalgia for the 1950s and early 1960s, when bossa nova jazz took the world by ...

Brazilian guitarist João Gaspar is known for his versatility and ability to blend traditional music with jazz, rock and contemporary styles. Through this fusion blend, Gaspar has developed a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Think you don't do bossa nova? You may well not realise it. The bossa nova rhythm - a "cool sensibility" arising from a hybrid of ...

Five decades ago the first recording featuring the bossa nova beat created by guitarist João Gilberto was released in Brazil. The record wasn’t by an artist who’s now commonly associated with the ...

As a teen in Sao Paolo in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when most of her peers were enjoying the hits of the day, Juliana Areias was drawn to the bossa nova – a style that was already about 30 years ...

Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This was easily the best ever Jazz In The Domain. Last year the festival changed the nature of the event by taking it seriously, giving ...