In a quaint bungalow humming with Portuguese, a cool breeze of lilting harmonies and rhythmic bounce invites a leisurely sway to the tranquility of bossa nova. It’s a modern take on a sound pioneered ...

What happens when you integrate sultry samba rhythms with various aspects of European jazz? The Bossa Nova, or “new wave” sound emerges, a style created in part by the late Antonio Carlos Jobim more ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...