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2. Bossa nova - Wikipedia

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   Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ⓘ) is a relaxed style of samba [nb 1] developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.

3. Nouvelle Vague (album) - Wikipedia

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   The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/new wave era. The band's name is a play on words, new wave and bossa nova being the literal translations, in English and Portuguese respectively, of the French phrase Nouvelle Vague , which is itself a reference to ...

4. Roberto Menescal - Wikipedia

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   A year later he started a guitar school with Carlos Lyra. He formed one of the earliest bossa nova bands with Bebeto, Henrique, João Mário, and Luís Carlos Vinhas. [2] He spread bossa nova through performances and concerts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, such as the I Festival de Samba Session. [2]

5. Só Danço Samba (song) - Wikipedia

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   Só Danço Samba" (aka "Jazz 'n' Samba") is a bossa nova song composed in 1962 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were later written by Norman Gimbel . On occasion, it has also been known as "Jazz Samba" and "I Only Dance Samba", an English translation of the original Portuguese title.

6. Corcovado (song) - Wikipedia

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   "Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song and jazz standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Gene Lees . The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro .

7. One Note Samba - Wikipedia

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   This song first reached a wide audience on the Grammy-winning bossa nova LP Jazz Samba (Getz/Byrd/Betts), [1] which reached the number one spot on the Billboard 200 in 1963. [2] Another well-known release is the Sergio Mendes-Brasil '66 version, in medley with "Spanish Flea". [citation needed]