Not only did he showcase bossa nova to the world, Sérgio Mendes personifies how you don’t have to be a shark to succeed in the global music business. The Brazilian music legend here reminisces on an ...

Roy Haynes, a versatile drummer who played with jazz greats including Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, died Tuesday after ...

Written in just 20 minutes, Soul Bossa Nova was inspired by an early-60s fad for Brazilian music, sparked by the success of ...

SPECIAL: Global Village devotes the show this time to global classical sounds. We’ll hear early music master Jordi Savall’s ...

Quincy Jones talks to Uncut about Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis and a remarkable life in music ...

Written in just 20 minutes, Soul Bossa Nova was inspired by an early-60s fad for Brazilian music, sparked by the success of João Gilberto and Stan Getz's Desafinado. Jones is in his element here ...

In his twenties he traveled to the U.S.A. in pursuit of Flora Purim, the woman with whom he had fallen in love, who had left Brazil to sing Bossa Nova with saxophonist Stan Getz. Over the years, Airto ...

Brazilian bossa nova. Think Hozier’s “Eden” meets “The Girl From Ipanema” by Stan Getz. Conlon, 20, graduated from East Hampton High School in 2022. She began participating in open mic ...