Chefs, decorators and musicians know the quickest way to perk up the senses is to fuse cultures. Even better is to mix styles that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Several years ago, the ...

Trumpeter and saxophonist Glenn Zottola has been a serious part of the music business for more than four decades, recording thirty albums as a sideman and leader as well as adding Broadway and TV show ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — "Tall and tan and young and lovely..." You've heard of her. The Girl From Ipanema. You might have come across the bossa nova classic while on hold on the phone, during a long ...

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In the late 1950s on the beaches of Rio, an eclectic group of musicians came together to create the distinctive and sensual music known as Bossa Nova. Classic tracks include 'The Girl from Ipanema', ...

This terrific recording by Eliane Elias salutes the 50th anniversary of bossa nova in a number of explicit ways. For one thing, it contains the three most famous tunes by its most famous composer, ...

I think I know a fair amount about Brazilian music. I’ve been following the music for a long time, have visited Brazil like eight or nine times, and love the music, culture, and country. Brazil is ...

The Brazilian trio, which won a Grammy in 2002, is known for mixing new and classic bossa nova tunes with electronica. Critic Milo Miles says The Best of Bossacucanova has a "captivating flow." This ...

Blame it on the Beatles. That’s how Brazilian-born musician and composer Orlando Haddad, 61, explains his leap from Beethoven to rock. “I studied classical piano from the age of eight,” says Haddad, a ...

Last week, I received a bit of heat from Assistant Features Editor Ted Geltner for opening my column with a mention of Simon and Garfunkel's 1965 album “Sounds of Silence.” Geltner is 89 years old, ...

It’s a cold Monday morning in Rio de Janeiro and the Cinelandia region. The city centre is buzzing with people rushing to work blissfully unaware of the imposing Municipal Theatre, which, this morning ...