True, Blue Note and Rouse were riding a wave that someone else created. But they also made it their own. What a happy record! And what a delightful change from the usual 1960s Blue Note formula. You ...

Beloved bossa nova producer, composer, pianist and song interpreter Sérgio Mendes has died at 83. The legendary Brazilian superstar whose career spanned more than three dozen albums released across ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joao Gilberto, a ...

I love “jazz samba"—bossa nova albums recorded by American jazz artists in the 1960s. The bossa nova, of course, dates back to Brazil in the late 1950s. Back then, young musicians in Rio de Janeiro ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures will join the global celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova with world-renowned Brazilian superstars Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at UCSB ...

She was best-known for the 1964 album “Poor Little Rich Girl.” She died of Covid-19. By Michael Astor This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound ...

Reporting from Rio De Janeiro — João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joao Gilberto, a ...