This is quite a painful disc to listen to. Not because of the music—which is beautiful—but because of the events surrounding it. Recorded in October 1962, it was to be tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's ...

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.

This week Soul Jazz publishes Bossa Nova, a compilation of the best bossa nova record sleeves. We asked co-compiler Gilles Peterson to explain why they needed preserving: "Bossa nova is known ...

In the late 1950s on the beaches of Rio, an eclectic group of musicians came together to create the distinctive and sensual music known as Bossa Nova. Classic tracks include 'The Girl from Ipanema', ...

CD1: Artistry In Rhythm; Opus In Chartreuse; Interlude; Kentonova; Eager Beaver; Concerto To End All Concertos; Brasilia; Painted In Rhythm: Opus In Pastels; Jump For Joe; Loca-Nova; Artistry In Bossa ...

How are you batting back those spikes of anxiety? I’m hitting play on Quincy Jones’s “Big Band Bossa Nova” album from 1962, a product of mid-century America’s fascination with Brazilian music. Jones’s ...

In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...