The music, which conquered the world in the fifties and sixties and put the still relatively unknown Brazil on the map, is slowly disappearing domestically. Young people barely listen to it anymore, and a new generation of bossanova artists mainly play the classics. Because this swoon music deserves to stay.

Astrud Gilberto
She was the singer of one of the sultriest jazz songs ever recorded: 'The Girl from Ipanema'. With that 1963 hit, Astrud Gilberto gave her hoary, languid whispering voice to bossa nova, a genre that conquered the world.

The Bossa Nova is a style of music that originated in Brazil in the late fifties of the 20th century from samba (as a basic rhythm) and was influenced by jazz. Bossanova sounds very warm and sensual, always calm and never aggressive. The founder of the bossanova style is the Brazilian guitarist-singer-composer João Gilberto, who primarily added value to the compositions of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim) and brought them to a large audience. Bossanova became popular worldwide and received particular attention from American jazz musicians, such as saxophonist Stan Getz, who scored huge successes, the biggest with the duo album Getz/Gilberto . Brazilian organist Walter Wanderley released many successful Bossanova albums in the 1960s, also with Astrud Gilberto. His song Summer Samba was a worldwide Bossa Nova hit in 1966. Source: Wikipedia Below is an example of the basic rhythm that could be played on a guitar.

Eydie Gormie - Blame It On The Bossa Nova” - 1963


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