• Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ) is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
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  • "Soul Bossa Nova" is a popular instrumental, composed and first performed by musician and record producer Quincy Jones. It appeared on his 1962 Big Band...
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  • "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" is a song written by Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann which was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gormé, reaching number 7 on...
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  • "Bossa Nova Baby" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley on January 22, 1963, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California as part of the soundtrack of the...
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    1962, Joe Harnell arranged and recorded an instrumental version in a bossa nova style. It was released as a single in late 1962. Harnell's version spent...
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  • and jazz-pop record, incorporating elements of R&B, techno, country, bossa nova, bedroom pop, trip hop, folk, electro, trap, and 1990s sophisti-pop. It...
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    of which denote solid and well-accepted derivative strands – such as bossa nova, pagode, partido alto, samba de breque, samba-canção, samba de enredo...
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  • Bossa Nova Hotel is the 1983 debut album of rock singer/guitarist Michael Sembello. The album was a continuation of the work that Sembello began with producer...
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  • Big Band Bossa Nova may refer to: Big Band Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones album), 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz album), 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova (Enoch...
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  • Look up bossa nova in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bossa nova is a style of music. Bossa Nova or Bossanova may also refer to: Bossa Nova (dance), a...
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    João Gilberto (category Bossa nova singers)
    pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was...
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    Bossa Nova Robotics is a startup robotics company that manufactures inventory control robots for use in retail stores. They are best known for an attempt...
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  • Bossa Nova 2001 (ボサ・ノヴァ2001) is the seventh studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. It was released on June 1, 1993 by the Nippon Columbia imprint...
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  • Bossa nova, nova bossa is the first album recorded by the Brazilian pianist and composer Manfredo Fest. Released on LP in 1963, this work counts on the...
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    Clave Analysis of Charanga Habanera's Tremendo delirio Bossa Nova Clave Video about Bossa Nova Clave family of Cuban clave patterns BBC World Service...
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    Exploring the Scene! with Shelly Manne, Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1960) Bossa Nova Plus Big Band (Reprise, 1961) El Tigre with Harold Land (Charlie Parker...
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  • Bossa Nova is a 2000 Brazilian-American romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. It deals with several interwoven stories about people finding and...
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    by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema"...
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  • patterns or a clave, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova. African American music began incorporating Afro-Cuban musical motifs...
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    achieved a degree of popularity throughout the decade, with genres such as bossa nova, the cha-cha-cha, ska, and calypso being popular. From a classical point...
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  • a new style of music called bossa nova evolved in the late 1950s. Based on the Brazilian samba as well as jazz, bossa nova was championed by João Gilberto...
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  • Getz/Gilberto (category Bossa nova albums)
    respect for the tradition of pre-bossa nova samba. Getz/Gilberto is considered the record that popularized bossa nova worldwide and is one of the best-selling...
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  • Brazilian jazz can refer to both a genre, largely influenced by bossa nova and samba, that exists in many nations and the jazz music of Brazil itself....
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    classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop and Brazilian music, including bossa nova. Thievery Corporation was formed in the summer of 1995 at Washington D...
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    Lisa Ono (category Bossa nova singers)
    Lisa Ono (小野リサ; born 29 July 1962) is a Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer. Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1962 but moved with her family...
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  • Bossa Nova Stories is the nineteenth studio album by Brazilian jazz artist Eliane Elias, released on 24 June 2008 by Blue Note Records. The album is a...
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    Astrud Gilberto (category Bossa nova singers)
    Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s...
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  • Japanese Music Network, June 1, 2009 "Janey Clewer Music - The Bossa Nova Hotel". The Bossa Nova Hotel (2016). "Fragile-Single". Apple Music. Randolph Michaels...
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  • Bossa" is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham. It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova...
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  • Cannonball's Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. First released on Riverside in 1963, the album was reissued on Capitol...
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