There was always a moment when I was at a loss for words when talking to people who like jazz.I have always liked jazz ...

Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late ...

St. Petersburg vocalist Bela Souza blends jazz, Bossa Nova and musical theater influences into performances designed to move ...

A live performance video I found on YouTube, where a sense of tranquility and groove, much like an a cappella piece, coexist.

Tenor saxophonists and bossa nova go together like coffee and cream. These two albums from Tower Records' "Exclusive CDs from Blue Note compilation series feature some of the best from both worlds in ...

Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá’s 1963 bossa nova classic gets a lush, dead-quiet Verve Acoustic Sounds 180-gram vinyl reissue that comes remarkably close to an original pressing.

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

Bebel Gilberto, Nicole Zuraitis, and Etienne Charles are just some of the many jazz musicians that will perform through June 2027.

When Sergio Mendes reflects on the amazing journey he calls life, from his formative years at the forefront of a bossa nova revolution through his Oscar-nominated work on "Rio" to the recent ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but throughout his career defied confinement to any single genre, died Monday. He was 88. His ...

Created by a coterie of young sophisticates from Rio in the late 1950s, bossa nova ("new way") conquered Brazil, then became a world music via artists such as João Gilberto and Tom Jobim and the ...