Bossa nova is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovative syncopation of traditional samba from a single rhythmic division.
The "bossa nova beat" is characteristic of a samba style and not of an autonomous genre.
Beginning on the tropical beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s, when a small group of students, artists and musicians came together to create a new sound. ... It was a youthful celebration of romance, beach culture and sensual pleasure.
Girl From Ipanema
The song that lit the touch-paper for the bossa nova explosion in the US and the rest of the world was called “The Girl From Ipanema,” sung by Astrud Gilberto in a wispy but beguiling girlish voice, and which reached No.5 in the US pop singles chart in the summer of 1964.
According to the Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, the bossa beat – which was created by the drummer Milton Banana – was "an extreme simplification of the beat of the samba school", as if all instruments had been removed and only the tamborim had been preserved
In line with this thesis, musicians such as Baden Powell, Roberto Menescal, and Ronaldo Bôscoli also claim that this beat is related to the tamborim of the samba school.
BOSSA NOVA from GROOVE VINYL
Bad, Gene Ammons Bossa Nova album was recorded in 1962 ,Throughout his spectacular career, tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons had several big hits, both singles and albums. One of those albums, Bad! Bossa Nova, paved the way for soulful players intent on exploring Latin music.
5 Clubs in Brazil that play Bossa Nova
Beco das Garrafas
Bip Bip Bar
Vinícius Bar
Bar do Tom
Carioca da Gema
In 1959, João Gilberto's bossa album was released, containing the tracks "Chega de Saudade" and "Bim Bom".Considered the landmark of the birth of bossa nova,[15] it also featured Gilberto's innovative way of singing samba, which was inspired by Dorival Caymmi With the LP Chega de Saudade, released in 1959, Gilberto consolidated the bossa nova as a new style of playing samba
In 1960s, US jazz artists such as Stan Getz, Hank Mobley, Zoot Sims, Paul Winter and Quincy Jones recorded bossa jazz albums.
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