Bossa nova
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Bossa nova is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicki
Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell at the Teatro da Praia
Jarkko Toivonen performing in 1993
Astrud Gilberto
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Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian and American bossa nova and samba singer. She was the first wife of Brazilian bossa nova guitarist João Gilberto, whose surname she continued to use professionally afte
Gilberto performing in 1966
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, 1964
Gilberto in 1970
Astrud Gilberto and husband Nick Lasorsa in 1974