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A new wave so smooth it made revolution sound like a whisper over cocktails.
means Bossa is the relaxed, syncopated Brazilian musical style — short for bossa nova — that blends samba's rhythm with cool jazz harmony into something soft and sophisticated.
from From Brazilian Portuguese 'bossa nova,' literally 'new trend' or 'new flair.' The word 'bossa' is older Rio slang meaning a knack, charm, or special way of doing something — so 'bossa nova' is roughly 'the new groove.' The style and its name surfaced in late-1950s Rio de Janeiro, with names like João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, and went global once 'The Girl from Ipanema' drifted out into the world.
- Means
- Portuguese slang for flair or knack
- Born
- Late-1950s Rio beach apartments
- Quiet trick
- Off-beat guitar fakes a missing percussion section
- Global hit
- Girl from Ipanema is wildly covered worldwide
- Founders
- Jobim and Gilberto rewired samba softly
girl from ipanema — 1964 song by tom jobim and joão gilberto that became the defining bossa nova standard worldwide
antonio carlos jobim — brazilian composer who created the harmonic and melodic foundation of bossa nova in rio de janeiro