Bossa nova
style of Brazilian music
Bossa nova is a type of Brazilian music. Bossa nova means literally "new trend". Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto developed bossa nova as a genre. The first bossa nova single to achieve international popularity was "The Girl From Ipanema".
| Bossa nova | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Samba, jazz |
| Cultural origins | Late 1950s, Rio de Janeiro's South Zone[broken anchor], Brazil |
| Typical instruments | Classical/acoustic guitar, piano, electronic organ, acoustic bass, drums |
| Subgenres | |
| Tropicália | |
| Other topics | |
| Bossa Nova (dance), sambass | |
The bossa nova musical style evolved from samba but is more complex harmonically and less percussive. Joachim Ernst Berendt, the writer of a jazz book, said that bossa nova is a combination of samba and cool jazz. The influence on bossa nova of jazz styles is often debated, but a similar "cool sensibility" is apparent.
Bossa nova is usually performed on classical guitar and piano. It often performed with percussion and strings.