Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova is a music style that arose in the 1950-ties as a result of the mixture of Samba with Jazz. The name can be translated with ‘the new beat' or ‘the new way'. The music style resembles Samba but is more complex and the percussion instruments are less dominantly present. The harmony is complex and there is a narrow relation between the text and the music.
Bossa Nova has been invented by students and musicians who lived in the famous neighbourhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema in Rio the Janeiro. The music style has been derived from Samba. This genre became well-known when João Gilberto released the song ‘Chega the Saudade ' in 1958. This number had originally been written by two other legends of the Bossa Nova: Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. The most famous Bossa Nova song is ‘the girl from Ipanema' or -as it is called in Portuguese: ‘a garota the ipanema '. This song has also been written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius the Moraes but it has been covered by a large quantity of other artists. It is even said that it is the most covered song worldwide after Yesterday of the Beatles.
Bossa Nova became very successful in Brazil and the rest of Latin-America. Internationally, the success remained mainly limited to the Jazz scene, especially through the work of Stan Getz.
Important artists
Many artists have created Bossa Nova music. Some of the most imporant are:
- João Bosco
- Charlie Byrd
- Djavan
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Stan Getz
- Astrud Gilberto
- Bebel Gilberto
- João Gilberto
- Nara Leão
- Carlos Lyra
- Sergio Mendes
- Roberto Menescal
- Vinicius de Moraes
- Angel Parra Orrego
- Baden Powell
- Elis Regina
- Toquinho
- Marcos Valle
- Caetano Veloso
- Walter Wanderley
See also
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