![]() The Mood Music Band, Amica Jazz Duo and the Bazkatz will always include the wonderful sounds of the Bossa-Nova in their Song List. One of Mood Musics’ favourite performers of the Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz, and a sound that we do try and emulate is the wonderful Walter Wanderley on classic tunes like So Dansa Samba, Summer Samba, and of course, everyone’s favourite bossa – Garota de Ipanema. Other stories relate that it was US jazz-men jamming with locals who made the original connections. 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. The Unforgettables: The Best of 1966. Wanderley, Verve 10421 (Duchess, BMI) 9 13 DOMMACE, DOMMACE 7 Jerry Vale. 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. HURT 11 Margaret Whiting, London 101 (Roosevelt, BMI) 3 3 SUMMER SAMBA 11. 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. ![]() Bossa Nova was a soft samba based on traditional Brazilian music and rhythms, American jazz, and a new style of Portuguese lyrics. 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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