Bossa nova over and over

From: Americas | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

As it turns out, "The Girl from Ipanema" truly was just a tease. When the 1963 recording of Antonio Carlos Jobim's song by vocalist Astrud Gilberto, saxophonist Stan Getz, and guitarist Joao Gilberto swam against the tide of rock and roll to become one of the biggest popular music hits of its day, the world at large was afforded a brief but telling insight into a movement that was reshaping Brazil's popular culture.

Bossa nova, the samba-rooted, jazz-influenced style that boasted poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, had become the new music language of Brazil in the late 1950s, a symbol of ...

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