add_user=relaxriverofficial</a> Our first bossa nova songs / smooth jazz relaxing playlist. Saxophone music, cafe music, new orleans jazz music joined into a mellow sax ensemble ideal not only for ...

"There are some that came more easily than others. I found I love dancing jazz and swing. Bossa nova is a technical thing that took my hips a minute to get my head around. Polka is like a 100 ...

Jobim was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s. After ...

Chrissy Hampton/Getty Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 83.

Jazz In Brazil: the legendary composers and musicians article by Larry Slater, published on March 14, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Radio & Podcasts articles ...

In the 1960s, Brazil gave the world the bossa nova, a musical style based on the samba but about 10 times cooler and mellower, if that’s possible. And, amazing as it sounds, a girl from Ipanema ...

After captivating Australian audiences in 2019 with a stand-out performance at the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival ...