Verve has shared its 2026 Acoustic Sounds Series slate, featuring releases from Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 8: In 1865, Finnish composer Jan Sibelius was born. A romantic composer, his works express an intense, mystical love of nature. Sibelius is best known for his ...

Released in 1964, the father of Brazilian bossa nova João Gilberto and famous American saxophonist Stan Getz collaborated to create an album that impacted bossa nova and jazz altogether: ...

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 ...

Most people thought bossa nova was dead, and most were glad to have simply survived the hucksterized flood of bossa nova dances, bossa nova shoes and sweatshirts, boogie bossa nova, soul bossa nova.

Hi, I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, born Stanley Gayetski on February 2, 1927, was nicknamed "The Sound" due to his warm, lyrical tone. His primary influence was ...

After hearing the dance track that was playing a year ago when the Hamas-led assault began, the hundreds who had gathered stood for a minute of silence, broken by a bereaved mother’s cries. By Isabel ...

In early 1960 a new Brazilian movie called “Black Orpheus” opened at the Capri Theater on Huntington Avenue. The theater would be torn down two years later, but America’s love affair with the gentle ...

Astrud Gilberto backstage at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club in 1964. Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images Astrud Gilberto didn’t set out to be an ambassador of bossa nova, the ...

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Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer best known for her smooth performance of "The Girl from Ipanema," has died at age 83. Paul Ricci, a family friend and musician, confirmed her death in a Facebook ...

Family friend and musician Paul Ricci confirmed the news. The guitarist said Gilberto’s son Marcelo permitted him to announce the death. The songstress, with the recognizable soft voice, passed away ...