Bossa nova, jazz samba

Style · 1958 → · Brazil, New York · Modern jazz (1940-1970)

João Gilberto (Chega de Saudade, 1958-59), then Getz/Gilberto (rec. March 18-19, 1963, released March 1964). Murmured voice, syncopated guitar, jazz harmonies.

What is still debated

A relationship of mutual influence between samba and jazz, not simply a branch.

Where it comes from

• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• West Coast
• Modal
• Brazilian instrumental music
• Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais)

Artists

• Stan Getz (1927–1991, tenor saxophone)
• João Gilberto (1931–2019, guitar, vocals)
• Hermeto Pascoal (1936–2025, multi-instrumentalist)
• Joyce Moreno (1948, vocals, guitar)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994, piano, guitar, composition)
• Quincy Jones (1933–2024, trumpet, arrangement, composition)
• Moacir Santos (1926–2006, saxophone, composition)
• Baden Powell (1937–2000, guitar, composition)
• Eliane Elias (1960, piano, vocals)
• Sadao Watanabe (1933, alto saxophone, sopranino, flute)

Tracks to start with

• The Girl from Ipanema — Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1964)
• Chega de Saudade — João Gilberto (1959)
• Jardin d'hiver — Henri Salvador (2000)
• How Insensitive (Insensatez) — Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
• Feminina — Joyce Moreno (1980)
• The Look of Love (Diana Krall) — Diana Krall (2001)
• Coração Vagabundo — Toots Thielemans (1992)
• Brasil — Eliane Elias (2015)
• Stone Flower — Antonio Carlos Jobim (1970)
• Un Dia — Charlie Rouse (1962)

Sources

• EN : Bossa nova

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