RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but throughout his career defied confinement to any single genre, died Monday.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 8 (Reuters) - Brazilians said goodbye to legendary musician João Gilberto, a founder of bossa nova, ahead of his funeral on Monday afternoon, with an outpouring of grief from some ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound ...

He was 88 years old. LONDON -- Joao Gilberto, one of the pioneers of Bossa Nova, the Brazilian musical genre characterized by a subtle mix of Samba and Jazz, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, ...

NEW DELHI: Essentially, the Bossa Nova is a cooler, more restrained rhythm as opposed to the frenzy of Samba. It is this restraint that the Brazilians will need ...

When you think of Brazil, you may think of it as the South American birthplace of music genres like the samba or bossa nova. But for the past few years, Brazil has become one of the meccas of ...

The history of bossa nova is permeated with such a vast wealth of stories no one can pinpoint exactly when the movement originated. There is consensus, however, that August 1958 was a major ...

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FILE - Brazilian composer and pianist Joao Donato accepts the best latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas. Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for ...

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