Jobim was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s. After enchanting ...

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 ...

One afternoon in July 1958, Brazilian guitarist and singer João Gilberto entered a studio and quickly recorded “Chega de Saudade,” an early composition by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

It’s as fresh as a summer breeze rolling in gently off the waves, as young as the sun-worshipers crowding the white-hot beaches of Rio. Yet bossa nova — the serenely seductive music that Brazil gave ...

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 ...

Brasil is a country full of music. Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of ...

Some 20 years after his death, famous Brazilian composer "Tom" Jobim has his very own statue overlooking the Rio beach he immortalized in his Some 20 years after his death, famous Brazilian composer ...

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 ...

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 ...