Bamba Samba (Bossa Nova); Original #2; Love Song Ballad; Prelude A La Cha Cha; Summer Sequence Part 1; Summer Sequence Part 2; Summer Sequence Part 3 Summer Sequence Part 4.

Astrud Gilberto with Stan Getz on saxophone, 'Get Yourself A College Girl' (1964) Everett Collection Astrud Gilberto, who was just 22 years old when her lovely, laid-back and sultry vocals on the ...

Brazilian musician who pioneered the seductive jazz rhythms of bossa nova Original and inventive: Joao Gilberto in Rome in 1963 Joao Gilberto, the Brazilian vocalist and guitar virtuoso who died on ...

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, ...