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  Features7 months ago

  Why Astrud Gilberto Is So Much More Than ‘The Girl From Ipanema’

  A pioneering bossa nova singer, Astrud Gilberto made her name with ‘The Girl From Ipanema,’ but she has had a long and varied career.

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  Features9 months ago

  How Stan Getz And Jazz Samba Conquered The World

  Charlie Byrd was sent on a diplomatic tour of South America, but what he brought back to America was more important.

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  Features1 year ago

  ‘Song For My Father’: How The Horace Silver Quintet Captured The Boss Nova Beat

  Recorded in October 1963, 'Song For My Father,' from Blue Note's long serving star pianist, Horace Silver, sounds as good today as the day it was recorded.

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  News1 year ago

  Watch The First Ever Official Video For Stan Getz And João Gilberto’s ‘The Girl From Ipanema’

  The new visual launches UMe and Verve's 'Summer Samba!' season celebrating the timeless and influential sounds of samba and bossa nova.

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  Artists2 years ago

  Sergio Mendes

  The bossa nova artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has taken an approach to bossa nova by infusing sounds from other genres.

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  Artists2 years ago

  Astrud Gilberto

  Astrud Gilberto remains a moment in time, a moment when Brazilian music took to the world stage and never left it – largely thanks to Verve and Astrud Gilberto in particular.

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  News3 years ago

  Self-Titled 1969 Album By Brazilian Innovator Jorge Ben Arrives On Vinyl

  The record helped to create Tropicália, one of the styles in which the influential Ben played a strong role.

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  New Releases5 years ago

  50th Anniversary Reissue Of Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Bossa Nova Classic

  Due out on 7 April 2017, a 50th-anniversary edition of Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s bosaa nova classic includes a previously unreleased outtake.

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  In-Depth7 years ago

  Rhythms Of Brazil

  We explore the relationship between Brazilian music & jazz, to find out how the 1960s was such a pivotal moment in the history of the rhythms of Brazil.