Pioneered by Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto and popularized by Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Roberto Menescal and others in the early '60s, the bossa nova sound resonated strongly with the ...

Bossa nova was jazz's final moment in the hit parade sunshine before The Beatles swept across the world in the mid-1960s and changed everything. A blend of chilled- out Brazilian samba and cool jazz ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. While I wish for a deluxe super ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The amazing Brazilian jazz guitarist Bruno Mangueira and the Phil Degreg Trio are taking part in a special concert coming up on October 23 at the First Unitarian Church in Avondale ...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the cool beat of bossa nova. What could that possibly have to do with the D.C. area? Well, it turns out that the album “Jazz Samba,” which introduced to the world ...

Arlington — Arlington’s own, Lynn Veronneau, has connected musically with many globally and even carved a spot in internet history with her then-band, Les Horribles Cernettes, by being pictured in one ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..