Audio will be available later today. The sounds of Brazil kick off the second week of Performance Today's popular ongoing series From the Village to the Concert Hall, an exploration of the connections ...

One afternoon in July 1958, Brazilian guitarist and singer João Gilberto entered a studio and quickly recorded “Chega de Saudade,” an early composition by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

NEW DELHI: Essentially, the Bossa Nova is a cooler, more restrained rhythm as opposed to the frenzy of Samba. It is this restraint that the Brazilians will need ...

Startling Bahian drum brigades and primitive echoes from the Amazon may be the most recent Brazilian sounds to have an international impact, but here in the cradle of bossa nova Brazilians themselves ...

Minas — the husband/wife duo of Orlando and Patricia Haddad — will present “Bossa Nova Classics and Originals.” 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Bridgeton Library, 150 E. Commerce St., in Bridgeton. The ...

Milton Nascimento & the Jobim Trio With special guest Edmar Castaneda. Where: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark. When: 5 p.m. Sunday. How much: $60-$18 Call (888) 466-5722 or ...

João Gilberto, the Brazilian singer and composer best known as a pioneer of the bossa nova style of music, died Saturday in Rio de Janerio. He was 88. Numerous media outlets reported Gilberto’s death, ...

Kenny G is a real sax-machine, and it's never been more apparent than on his latest album "Brazilian Nights." "It's all inspired by the bossa novas I've listened to all my life, and especially lately, ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova legend who became a Grammy-winning international star with his band Brasil ’66, has died at the age of 83. The musician’s family confirmed he died September 5 ...

Astrud Gilberto, who was just 22 years old when her lovely, laid-back and sultry vocals on the jazzy bossa nova “The Girl from Ipanema” made the song a massive global hit and one of the most ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. No ...