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.
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim,also known as Tom Jobim,was a Brazilian composer,pianist,guitarist,songwriter,arranger,and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music,Jobim internationalized bossa nova and,with the help of important American artists,merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound,with popular success. As a result,he is sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova".
João Gilberto was a Brazilian guitarist,singer,and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world,he was often called "father of bossa nova";in his native Brazil,he was referred to as "O Mito".
Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto,featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim,who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks,"Garota de Ipanema" and "Corcovado". The artwork was done by artist Olga Albizu. Getz/Gilberto is a jazz and bossa nova album and includes tracks such as "Desafinado","Corcovado",and "Garota de Ipanema". The last received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and started Astrud Gilberto's career. "Doralice" and "Para Machucar Meu Coração" strengthened Gilberto's and Jobim's respect for the tradition of pre-bossa nova samba.
Ipanema is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became known internationally with the popularity of the bossa nova song,"The Girl from Ipanema",written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.
Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald,devoted to the songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Red Hot + Rio is a compilation album produced by Béco Dranoff and Paul Heck as part of the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series intended to promote AIDS awareness. This installment is a contemporary tribute to the bossa nova sound,especially the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. This release has proven to be one of the Red Hot series' more successful projects,generating hundreds of thousands of dollars for AIDS charities around the world.
The Composer of Desafinado,Plays is the first album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Released in 1963,the album features a dozen instrumentals arranged by Claus Ogerman,whose work would mark the beginning of a lifelong musical relationship with Jobim. Of these twelve songs,nearly all of them are jazz standards. The opening track "The Girl from Ipanema" is believed to be the second most recorded song in history behind The Beatles' "Yesterday," and a recording of the song by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz became a worldwide hit in 1964.
Sitti Katrina Baiddin Navarro-Ramirez,known professionally as Sitti,is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album,CaféBossa,in 2006,other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. Navarro was also featured in the segment "A.S.A.P. Sessionistas" of the variety show ASAP.
CaféBossa is the debut album by Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti. It was released on January 25,2006 by Warner Music Philippines. The album spawned four successful singles—"Tattooed on My Mind","Hey Look at the Sun","I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" and "Para sa Akin". The album was certified double platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry on September 17,2006,denoting over 60,000 units sold in the country.
Sitti Live! is a live album by Filipino singer Sitti. It was released by Warner Music Philippines on September 15,2006. The concert was recorded live at the Ortigas Park in Pasig,Metro Manila.
Roberto Menescal is a Brazilian composer,record producer,guitarist,vocalist,and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea,including his best-known composition "O Barquinho". He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra,Nara Leão,Wanda Sá,Ale Vanzella,and many others. Menescal has performed in Latin music genres such as Música popular brasileira,bossa nova,and samba. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with his son's bossa group Bossacucanova in 2002 and received the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Special Awards in Las Vegas in November 2013.
Bossa Nova is a 2004 Brazilian jazz album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli,who is typically known for his swing guitar skills. While not Brazilian,he has always enjoyed the music and therefore wanted to record this album. Some of the selections are penned by Tom Jobim,such as the classic tune "The Girl From Ipanema".
My Bossa Nova is the second studio album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti. It was released by Warner Music Philippines in 2007. Unlike her previous studio album,CaféBossa,this album focused on more recent songs and had very few "traditional" bossa nova songs. Sitti also co-wrote one song,"A Song for Penny Brown".
"Dindi" is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim,with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova and jazz standard song. Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles. "Dindi" is a reference to a farm named "Dirindi",in Brazil,a place that Jobim and his friend/collaborator Vinicius de Moraes used to visit. In December 1966,Telles recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença.
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
Nina in the Mix:The Dense Modesto Remixes is the first remix album by Filipino singer Nina,and the second by DJ Dense Modesto. It was released in the Philippines on October 31,2007 by Club Myx,in collaboration with Warner Music Philippines. After the success of Sitti in the Mix:The Dense Modesto Remixes,Warner and the Club Myx record label decided to team up for the second time to release another Dense Modesto remix album,this time approaching the pop-R&B influenced Nina. The album's concept is a "ride in the air," forming the sound of an airplane flight. The album includes dance remixes of her notable hits such as "Jealous","Foolish Heart","I Don't Want to Be Your Friend",and "Through the Fire".
Contagious is the third full-length studio album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti,after 2006's CaféBossa and 2007's My Bossa Nova. It was released in mid-2009.
In the late 1960s,Latin jazz,combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries,often played on instruments such as conga,timbale,güiro,and claves,with jazz and classical harmonies played on typical jazz instruments broke through. There are two main varieties:Afro-Cuban jazz was played in the US right after the bebop period,while Brazilian jazz became more popular in the 1960s. Afro-Cuban jazz began as a movement in the mid-1950s as bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Taylor started Afro-Cuban bands influenced by such Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians as Xavier Cugat,Tito Puente,and Arturo Sandoval. Brazilian jazz such as bossa nova is derived from samba,with influences from jazz and other 20th-century classical and popular music styles. Bossa is generally moderately paced,with melodies sung in Portuguese or English. The style was pioneered by Brazilians João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim. The related term jazz-samba describes an adaptation of bossa nova compositions to the jazz idiom by American performers such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd.
"Girl from Rio" is a song by Brazilian singer Anitta from her fifth studio album Versions of Me. It was released as the second single from the album through Warner Records on April 29,2021. A song about Anitta's own life,it interpolates "The Girl from Ipanema" by Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim. A remix of the song featuring American rapper DaBaby was released on May 21,2021,and was sent to US and European radio stations on May 25.
