Buddy Deppenschmidt, a jazz drummer who learned the rhythms of Brazilian music on a State Department tour, then appeared on a best-selling 1962 album, “Jazz Samba,” which helped launch a worldwide ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the '60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. The recording artist died ...

Join us for a magical evening celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bossa Nova featuring Ricardo Peixoto on accoustic guitar and Catia Lund on vocals. Take a journey through the golden age of the ...

Six decades ago, Carnegie Hall bore witness to a musical revolution as the vibrant sounds of Bossa Nova's budding Brazilian talents graced its stage for the very first time. That pivotal moment, rich ...

Bossa nova emerged from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the late 1950s and early '60s. After the 1964 coup d'état, as a military regime took control of Brazil, the positive energy of the bossa nova era ...

I think I know a fair amount about Brazilian music. I’ve been following the music for a long time, have visited Brazil like eight or nine times, and love the music, culture, and country. Brazil is ...

Celebrate the golden age of West Coast cool and Brazilian bossa nova with three of St. Louis’s brightest stars: trumpeter and vocalist Dawn Weber, bassist-singer Janet Evra, and pianist-arranger Kara ...

Last Sunday, the world lost Brazilian music legend João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known professionally as just João Gilberto. He was 88 when he passed and had been living for many years in ...

In a quaint bungalow humming with Portuguese, a cool breeze of lilting harmonies and rhythmic bounce invites a leisurely sway to the tranquility of bossa nova. It’s a modern take on a sound pioneered ...

Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai ...

Sérgio Mendes, a Brazilian music powerhouse and bossa nova pioneer has died in his hometown of Los Angeles, his family said in a statement Friday. He was 83. Mendes, who’s known across the globe for ...

Buddy Deppenschmidt, a jazz drummer who learned the rhythms of Brazilian music on a State Department tour, then appeared on a best-selling 1962 album, “Jazz Samba,” which helped launch a worldwide ...