The album Getz/Gilberto spent 96 weeks in the US charts and 'The Girl from Ipanema' would become the world's second most played song behind the Beatles' 'Yesterday'. In 1964, American Stan Getz recorded 'The Girl from Ipanema' with João Gilberto and his wife Astrud on vocals, along with Tom Jobim, the song's co-composer, on piano. In 1962, there was a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall and the Bossa Nova craze had arrived. Whatever happened in Rio, Americans latched onto Brazil's 'New Beat'. With over 50 million views and 167000 subscribers on YouTube, NOVA breathes new life into the sounds of classic Brazilian music, delivering an unforgettable. If you want to play bossa nova, any good traditional jazz drum set is just fine. People liked it, and they liked contemporary music too.
Other stories relate that it was US jazz-men jamming with locals who made the original connections. Bossa hasn't been Nova since the 50s, but when I was in Rio I did hear people play Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius de Moraes, and Chico Buarque (who did dance music too) in their homes all the time. Quieter beach-inspired sounds were combined with jazz in Rio's thriving nightclubs 'Bottles Bar' was the most famous of these small, sweaty venues.Īccording to legend, Bossa Nova was 'discovered' in one of these clubs by an American A&R man on holiday, when he saw Tom Jobim and João Gilberto playing. While there was a concurrent scene in São Paulo, picturesque Rio de Janeiro is Bossa Nova's natural home. It includes 'Girl from Ipanema' lyricist Vinícius de Moraes, jazz pianist Sérgio Mendes, composer/guitarist Roberto Menescal, and the Bossa Nova's muse, Nara Leão, who often hosted musical gatherings in her flat. Surrounding these central figures is a wider Bossa Nova family. It was a youthful celebration of romance, beach culture and sensual pleasure.īossa Nova's twin figureheads are Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), a gifted composer, also blessed with classical good looks, and João Gilberto, a guitarist and singer who came to Rio from the poorer Bahia region.
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Bossa Nova was a soft samba based on traditional Brazilian music and rhythms, American jazz, and a new style of Portuguese lyrics. Bossa Nova was a soft samba based on traditional Brazilian music and rhythms, American jazz, and a new style of Portuguese lyrics. With Amy Irving, Antônio Fagundes, Alexandre Borges, Débora Bloch. With over 50 million views and 167,000 subscribers on YouTube, NOVA breathes new life into the sounds of classic Brazilian music, delivering an unforgettable experience that charms and captivates audiences. Bossa Nova began on the tropical beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s, when a small group of mainly middle-class students, artists and musicians came together to create a new sound.
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