While 2008 marked the “official" 50th anniversary of the bossa nova--a style first recorded in Brazil by guitarist Joao Gilberto on the 1958 song “Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues)--2009 marks yet ...

Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, New York in 2008. Credit: Getty Brazilian music legend João Gilberto, who was seen as a pioneer of the ‘bossa nova’ genre, has died aged 88. With classic ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Gilberto Gil's birthday today! Gilberto Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this scene for ...

João Gilberto, who has died aged 88, was a Brazilian musician, singer and songwriter whose work carried international renown, particularly among fans of Latin-flavoured jazz, and for those who enjoy ...

And the last word in music we'll give to Joao Gilberto, the man who helped make famous "The Girl From Ipanema." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE GIRL FROM IMPANEMA") ASTRUD GILBERTO: (Singing) Tall and tan ...

Brazilian musician who pioneered the seductive jazz rhythms of bossa nova Original and inventive: Joao Gilberto in Rome in 1963 Joao Gilberto, the Brazilian vocalist and guitar virtuoso who died on ...

Mario Bakuna and Roberto Manzin invite the audience to celebrate two of the most important artists of all time: the American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto in a tribute to ...

Maria do Ceu, wife of Brazilian singer Joao Gilberto, kisses his face during his wake in Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theater Maria do Ceu, wife of Brazilian singer Joao Gilberto, kisses his face during ...

Mario Bakuna and Roberto Manzin invite the audience to celebrate two of the most important artists of all time: the American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto in a tribute to ...

The syncopated rhythms of bossa nova, samba, and cool jazz filled the listening room at Figaro Hall on Saturday evening as vocalist Leah Suárez and saxophonist Mark Sterbank led their septet through a ...