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 ...

Born on the beaches of Rio in the late 1950s, bossa nova fused samba rhythms with jazz sophistication to create a smooth, timeless sound. Pioneers like João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim ...

In August of 1988, Brazilian bossa nova legend Milton Nascimento headlined a concert produced by an unknown organization dedicated to bringing world music to South Florida. This October at the Arscht ...

At this point, it is impossible to shock people, or get them to focus on anything by virtue of it being louder. Quiet is the new loud. Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A ...

A newly reissued live album, “Getz Au Go Go,” captures Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto at the height of the 1960s bossa nova craze, a Brazilian–American fusion that reshaped jazz and global pop. Rooted ...