Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist Aimée Allen’s intimate connection with music began with a childhood ...

One of America's first champions of Brazilian bossa nova was Felix Grant. A jazz disc jockey in Washington D.C., Grant hosted The Album Sound on WMAL. His voice had a soft, sophisticated on-air sound ...

The smooth sounds of Brazil are set to sweep through the West End Cultural Centre later this month as the Winnipeg Jazz ...

One musical commonality singer Betsy Baer shares with guitarist Brent “B.G.” McPike shouldn’t come as a surprise. Both have a fondness for Beatles music, as well as jazz and bossa nova. Baer has sung ...

Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late ...

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Not to sound like a broken record, but I'll say it again: the variety of creative expression in what is inadequately labeled ...

“Holy grail” level vinyl rarities from influential Brazilian musicians celebrated in excellent, unexpected reissues. Once in a great while the stars align in the world of record collecting and very ...

A prolific pianist, composer and arranger who began recording in the 1950s, he was a pioneer of bossa nova but didn’t confine himself to any genre. By Jon Pareles João Donato, a Brazilian composer, ...

This Friday (11/19), Connecticut indie rockers Ovlov will return with their new album Buds. It’s their first in three years, and the band’s stature has only risen in the time since their last LP.

With Chamber Music America, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present an evening of jazz performed by Rising Star jazz vocalist ...