This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among ...

This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among ...

In early 1960 a new Brazilian movie called “Black Orpheus” opened at the Capri Theater on Huntington Avenue. The theater would be torn down two years later, but America’s love affair with the gentle ...

This is FRESH AIR. And we're listening to some of our favorite interviews from the early days of our national daily broadcasts. In 1988, Terry spoke with Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. He ...

A “matinee birthday tribute” to Brazilian bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim is set for Feb. 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Tickets are sliding scale, $15 to $30, ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim, the founding father of Brazil’s bossa nova music who composed the world-famous song “The Girl From Ipanema,” died Thursday in New York. He was 67. Jobim died of heart failure, a ...

Co-directors Nelson Pereira Dos Santos and Dora Jobim create a lively musical memorial to Brazil’s ambassador of bossa nova. By Stephen Dalton Cannes Musica Segundo Tom Jobim Still - P 2012 This ...

Carmen Cuesta's new album is titled Mi Bossa Nova. In 1964, "The Girl From Ipanema" put bossa nova on the charts in the U.S. The song was composed by the godfather of the bossa nova, Antonio Carlos ...

The Fujitsu Concord Jazz Fest celebration of summery bossa nova, originally skedded as a June concert, finally nestled at Carnegie Hall, with an autumnal tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim. With exotic ...

Frank Sinatra was well into his Rat Pack era, the reigning American embodiment of masculine suavity and aplomb, when he teamed up with a maestro of Brazilian music to make one of the most exquisitely ...

In 1988, Terry Gross spoke with Jobim, who wrote "The Girl from Ipanema," one of the songs that started the Bossa nova craze in the United States. Jobim died in 1994. This is FRESH AIR. And we're ...