Bossa nova is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovative syncopation of traditional samba from a single rhythmic division. The "bossa nova beat" is characteristic of a samba style and not of an autonomous genre. The bossa nova wave became popular around the world and it helped to renew samba and to contribute to the modernization of Brazilian music.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, also known as Felipão, is a Brazilian football manager and former player.
Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twentieth century. He has been credited with having presented the rich universe of Northeastern musical genres to all of Brazil, having popularized the musical genre baião and has been called a "revolutionary" by Antônio Carlos Jobim. According to Caetano Veloso, he was the first significant cultural event with mass appeal in Brazil. Luiz Gonzaga received the Shell prize for Brazilian Popular Music in 1984 and was only the fourth artist to receive this prize after Pixinguinha, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Dorival Caymmi. The Luiz Gonzaga Dam was named in his honor.
Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film Black Orpheus.
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Gauchão Série A, the top tier of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.
The Brazil national basketball team is governed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation, abbreviated as CBB.
They have been a member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA), since 1935. Brazil's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas. It is the only team besides the United States, that has appeared at every FIBA Basketball World Cup, since it was first held in 1950.
Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart, known as Luizão, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as a forward.
Lightly Latin is Perry Como's 13th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.
"Manhã de Carnaval", often referred to as "Black Orpheus", is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria.
Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva, or simply Luiz Adriano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Internacional.
Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira, more commonly Luiz Alberto, is a Brazilian former football defender who last played for Boavista.
Luiz Carlos Guedes Stukas, commonly known as just Luiz Carlos, is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Clube Atlético Bragantino.
Luiz Carlos Caetano de Azevedo Junior, better known as Junior or Luiz Junior, is a Brazilian footballer who most recently played as a striker for Bangladesh Premier League club Fortis FC. He was born in Niterói.
Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza was the head of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza and a claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne. The Vassouras branch claims the throne in opposition to the Petrópolis branch of the Orléans-Braganzas, headed by Pedro Carlos Orléans-Braganza. Although Luiz and Pedro Carlos respectively were and are great-grandchildren of Princess Isabel, of the House of Braganza, they disputed leadership over the Brazilian Imperial Family due to a dynastic dispute concerning their fathers, who were cousins.
Luíz Carlos Martins Moreira, simply known as Luíz Carlos is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder in Portugal for Paços de Ferreira.
Orfeu da Conceição is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim that premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films Orfeu Negro and Orfeu (1999), and for the musicals Orfeu and Black Orpheus.
Douglas Luiz Soares de Paulo, known as Douglas Luiz, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a Central midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team.
Luiz Phellype Luciano Silva, known as Luiz Phellype, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club OFI.
Ricardo Colbachini is a Brazilian football manager.
The 2020 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine the four CONMEBOL teams playing in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania. The tournament was held in Carlos Barbosa, Brazil between 1–9 February 2020.
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