“Do you guys know ‘The Girl from Ipanema? I love Bossa Nova.” You and the rest of the band are midway through your second set at this wedding; this is your first request. The ceremony is over, and ...

Why have jazz musicians and singers been so drawn to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim? For many reasons, all of them valid. There is, first of all, the marvelous arc of his melodies; add to that the ...

Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...

The family of the Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, whose undulating tunes helped begin the bossa nova movement, has sued Universal Studios, contending that the company illegally assigned ...