How would Sérgio Assad, Brazilian guitar virtuoso and half of the Assad Brothers guitar duo – who have been performing in the United States for almost 35 years – describe tonight’s “Brazilian Guitar ...

Famous from age 16, Oscar Castro-Neves toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz and orchestrated music for films and TV. Oscar Castro-Neves, a Brazil-born guitarist who helped to create the cool, ...

Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai ...

There is more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and samba. For a crash course on those deeper and wider recent pop traditions, pull up a seat and listen to guitarist Vinicius Gomes. “Bossa nova is ...

After 40 years and countless talent-free performances, it is hard to imagine how revolutionary bossa nova must have sounded to North American ears. But while that initial surprise is impossible to ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...