Brazilian samba and bossa nova exploded onto the jazz world in the 1960s and soon became a major influence. During this time, guitarist Charlie Byrd and saxophonist Stan Getz gathered together to ...

After three successful concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Houston in 2016, the group will be mesmerizing the Houston audience with the sensual rhythms of bossa nova played in the upbeat, energizing style ...

Americans have had a love affair with Brazilian music since the 1962 release of the mega hit album, Jazz Samba featuring Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. With their fabulous melodies, harmonies and rhythms ...

On Friday, a samba line will snake through the Hamilton Listening Studio, as the nine-member Brazilian jazz group Desafinado plays a Batucada, leading the audience for the first time in almost 20 ...

The CJRO is set to deliver an electrifying month-long celebration of Brazilian jazz, highlighting some of the finest jazz artists in the region. Led by CJRO artistic director Drew Zaremba, these ...

Alex Malheiros can’t remember the last time he visited Miami, either alone or with his band, Azymuth. He’s speaking to New Times over the phone through an interpreter – his daughter Sabrina, herself a ...

There is more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and samba. For a crash course on those deeper and wider recent pop traditions, pull up a seat and listen to guitarist Vinicius Gomes. “Bossa nova is ...

With her soulful, cigarette-tinged contralto and emotive “bossa-jazz” stylings, she mesmerized audiences and critics alike. By Alex Williams Leny Andrade, the Brazilian singer who earned an ...

Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, has died in Rio de Janeiro. Andrade was a percussive, samba-driven improviser, an interpreter as worldly-wise as Édith Piaf and a consummate ...