Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music. The term "baby" originally referred to any of several Latin...
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roots in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé, as well as other Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous folk traditions, such as the traditional Samba de Caboclo, it is...
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music of Brazilian carnival are, in the Southeast Region in general, mostly cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco...
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Bossa nova (redirect from Brazilian bossa nova)
[ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ) is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a calm...
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Samba-reggae is a music genre from Bahia, Brazil. Samba reggae, as its name suggests, was originally derived as a blend of Brazilian samba with Jamaican...
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Samba rock (also known as samba soul, samba funk, and sambalanço) is a Brazilian dance culture and music genre that fuses samba with rock, soul, and funk...
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The Spirit of Samba: Black Music of Brazil, VHS, 1990, April 1, 2007. Samba City, Samba Instruments, April 1, 2007. Samba City, Samba Carnival Instruments...
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"Samba de Janeiro" (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ dʒi ʒɐˈnejɾu]) is a song by German pop group Bellini. It was released on 5 May 1997 in Germany as the...
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Samba de Gafieira (also called Gafieira) is a partner dance to various Brazilian samba musical rhythms. Unlike street and club forms of Brazilian samba...
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huge square-compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian dance and drumming style. Although the...
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Os Originais do Samba (meaning "The Originals of Samba") is a Brazilian samba musical group that began in the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro by percussionists...
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Bateria (category Samba schools)
Portuguese and Spanish. In Brazil, the word is also used for a form of Brazilian samba band, the percussion band or rhythm section of a Samba School. Baterias are...
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consolidated the approach of Brazilian samba with American jazz, especially bebop and hard bop, jazzy styles quite experienced by Brazilian musicians in scope of...
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The "Samba Gold" (Samba d'Or) is a football award given to the best Brazilian footballer in Europe, as awarded by Sambafoot. The inaugural award was made...
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sertanejo, samba, bossa nova, MPB, gaucho music, pagode, tropicália, choro, maracatu, embolada (coco de repente), frevo, brega, modinha and Brazilian versions...
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Ganzá (category Brazilian percussion)
(Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɐ̃ˈza]) is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. The ganzá is cylindrically shaped...
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Samba-enredo, also known as samba de enredo, is a sub-genre of modern samba made specifically by a samba school for the festivities of Brazilian Carnival...
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theater and music, drawing from Spanish flamenco, Argentine tango, and Brazilian samba. To date, Benise has produced 13 CDs (12 studio, one live) and 5 DVDs...
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Olodum (category Samba ensembles)
in carnaval each year. Neguinho do Samba, the lead percussionist, created a mix of the traditional Brazilian samba beat with merengue, salsa, and reggae...
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Alcione Nazareth (category Samba musicians)
known as, "Alcione", and "A Marrom" (English: "the brown one") is a Brazilian samba singer. She first gained international recognition in the late 1970...
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Astrud Gilberto (category Brazilian jazz singers)
born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention...
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 bossa nova and jazz standard song by Brazilian composer...
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Strive. In February 2023, the Brazilian samba school Mocidade Alegre of the São Paulo city carnival performed a samba-song about Yasuke, winning that...
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up Samba or samba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Samba is a genre of Afro-Brazilian music and dance. Samba may also refer to: Samba (Brazilian dance)...
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A Samba band or samba is a musical ensemble that plays samba music. Samba styled music originates from Brazil. The rhythm section of a samba band consisting...
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"Astrud", song on Time and Tide by Basia Astrud Gilberto (1940–2023), Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer All pages with titles beginning with Astrud All...
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"Aunt Doca", Brazilian samba dancer Tia Eron (born 1972), born Eronildes Vasconcelos Carvalho and nicknamed "Tia Eron" or "Aunt Eron", Brazilian politician...
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Brazilian jazz can refer to both a genre, largely influenced by bossa nova and samba, that exists in many nations and the jazz music of Brazil itself....
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Música popular brasileira (redirect from MPB: Brazilian popular music)
Popular Brazilian Music) or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção...
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Brazilian samba singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Rio de Janeiro to Antonio Candeio and Dona Maria, Antonio was a renowned flautist in samba bands...
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