I love “jazz samba"—bossa nova albums recorded by American jazz artists in the 1960s. The bossa nova, of course, dates back to Brazil in the late 1950s. Back then, young musicians in Rio de Janeiro ...

When Gene de Souza began hosting Café Brasil on community radio station WDNA-FM (88.9), the thrill was much the same as the one he got from playing the beloved music of his home country for American ...

Charlie Byrd never really got his due as a jazz guitarist; most people see him as a pioneer in bossa nova and little else. Of course it doesn't help that many of his records were quiet affairs, ...

Rio de Janeiro is the city in Brazil that people all over the world know. They know the cathedrals and the samba clubs, the curved white strip of Copacabana beach, the spread-armed statue of Cristo ...

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Attention, fans of samba, bossa nova and ambitious nonfiction/fiction hybrids, animated division: Here is your clear choice for worthwhile moviegoing this week. “They Shot the Piano Player,” opening ...

In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and ...

FILE - Brazilian composer and pianist Joao Donato accepts the best latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas. Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for ...

A man was fatally shot and another injured in a stabbing at a downtown apartment complex on Saturday, according to San Antonio police. Read full article: Man fatally shot, another injured in stabbing ...