TOP10 Bossa Nova Pop Music
After the album “Jazz Samba” by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd spent an incredible 70 weeks at number 1 on the American pop charts in 1962, there was no stopping the “new wave” in America. It is not surprising that the…
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Samba da Bênção
Vinicius de Moraes is known as the “Poet” of Bossa Nova but he has also composed the music to a few pieces, mostly in collaboration with Tom Jobim or Baden Powell. Samba da Bênção has an ostinato melody that can…
Top10 Latin Jazz Standards
Bossa Nova founder Tom Jobim often used the chord progressions of American jazz standards in his compositions. After the wave of success of Bossa Nova in America, it was the other way around. Many jazz musicians wrote pieces with rhythms…
A Felicidade
Antonio Carlos Jobim is a legend of Latin American music and the author of numerous world-famous pieces: Desafinado, Corcovado and The Girl from Ipanema combine Brazilian samba rhythms with jazz harmonies and represent the new mix of these genres: Bossa…
Easy Bossa Nova Songs
Bossa Nova songs often use complex harmony sequences and a variety of seventh chords with special extension tones. As appealing as it is to play the most famous songs straight away, it makes sense to start with simple songs. “Easy”…