| MAIN PAGE Jazz HISTORY OF JAZZ: JAZZ SLANG: JAZZ DICTONARY: MP3 Gabmling |
Bossa NovaBossa Nova is a style of Brazilian popular song that was most successful in the early 1960s. Strangely cool by comparison with other exportable by the harmonic language of West Coast Jazz, it soon acquired a permanent place in international middle of the road music. It has also repaid its debt to the West Coast by entering the repertoire of all easy listening jazz players everywhere. The performers who played Bossa Nova gained almost a cult following in the decades that followed, thanks in large part to Jazz Festivals. |