Buddy Deppenschmidt, a jazz drummer who learned the rhythms of Brazilian music on a State Department tour, then appeared on a best-selling 1962 album, “Jazz Samba,” which helped launch a worldwide ...

Throughout his 50-year career, Brazilian superstar Roberto Carlos has been the biggest-selling artist in his native country. Starting out as a bossa nova crooner in the early ’60s, he first achieved ...

1 Photos & Video: Will Blum, John Treacy Egan and More in 1776 2 Video: Liz Leclerc, Will Blum & John Treacy Egan Perform 'He Plays the Violin' from 1776 at Paper Mill Playhouse 3 Review: 1776 at ...

He helped popularize bossa nova music starting in the ’60s, especially with hit single 'Mas Que Nada.' Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience ...

As a composer, producer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sergio Mendes helped pioneer the bossa nova movement and popularize Brazilian music globally with his band, Brasil 66. In his over 60-year career, ...

Join us for a magical evening celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bossa Nova featuring Ricardo Peixoto on accoustic guitar and Catia Lund on vocals. Take a journey through the golden age of the ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the '60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. The recording artist died ...

Celebrate the golden age of West Coast cool and Brazilian bossa nova with three of St. Louis’s brightest stars: trumpeter and vocalist Dawn Weber, bassist-singer Janet Evra, and pianist-arranger Kara ...

Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai ...

Sérgio Mendes, one of the icons of bossa nova and ’60s tropicalia, died at his home in Los Angeles on Friday. According to his family, he had been suffering lasting effects from long-term Covid. He ...

Buddy Deppenschmidt, a jazz drummer who learned the rhythms of Brazilian music on a State Department tour, then appeared on a best-selling 1962 album, “Jazz Samba,” which helped launch a worldwide ...