The music of Brazil has always tempted smooth jazz musicians. It can be sexy, dreamy, rhythmic, soulful, sexy and even more sexy. Pianist Bob Baldwin traveled to steamy Rio de Janeiro to record Brazil ...

Bossa nova, the Brazilian popular music that took the world by storm in the 1960s, is the perfect marriage of Brazilian samba and American jazz, and, according to Orlando Haddad and Patricia King, ...

The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship in the 1970s. The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

Director: [[miyanaga, Michael Iyanaga]] About: The ensemble performs a repertoire comprising roots samba, choro, samba-de-roda, and forró, as well as more contemporary Afro-Bahian pop music. With a ...