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    Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ) is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
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  • Bossa Nova is a 2000 Brazilian-American romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. It deals with several interwoven stories about people finding and...
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  • "Soul Bossa Nova" is a popular instrumental, composed and first performed by American musician Quincy Jones. It appeared on his 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova album...
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  • music Bossa Nova (film), a 2000 film Bossa Nova (1964 film), a 1964 film Bossanova (band), a Canadian band Bossa Nova (Shorty Rogers album), 1962 Bossa Nova...
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  • "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" is a song written by Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann which was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gormé, reaching number 7 on...
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  • "Bossa Nova Baby" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded by Elvis Presley on January 22, 1963, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood...
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  • Bossa Nova Hotel is the 1983 debut album of rock singer/guitarist Michael Sembello. The album was a continuation of the work that Sembello began with producer...
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    João Gilberto (category Brazilian bossa nova singers)
    pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was...
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  • 'Billie Bossa Nova'". Far Out Magazine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022. Billie Eilish - Billie Bossa Nova (Live...
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    Alexandra Dahlström (category Swedish film actresses)
    mamma – avslöjar namnbeslutet". www.hant.se. Retrieved 24 October 2023. bossanovafilms.com.br Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Alexandra Dahlström...
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    Lisa Ono (category Brazilian bossa nova singers)
    Lisa Ono (小野リサ; born 29 July 1962) is a Brazilian-Japanese bossa nova singer. Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1962 but moved with her family...
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    Bebel Gilberto (category American bossa nova singers)
    Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is...
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    Antônio Carlos Jobim (category Brazilian bossa nova guitarists)
    jazz in the 1960s to create Bossa nova, with worldwide success. As a result, he is regarded as one of the fathers of bossa nova. Jobim was a primary force...
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    Eumir Deodato (category Brazilian bossa nova pianists)
    genres, such as pop, rock, disco, rhythm and blues, classical, Latin and bossa nova. Deodato has arranged and produced more than 500 records for acts such...
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    Exploring the Scene! with Shelly Manne, Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1960) Bossa Nova Plus Big Band (Reprise, 1961) El Tigre with Harold Land (Charlie Parker...
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    Marcos Valle (category Brazilian bossa nova singers)
    including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. Valle is credited for popularizing bossa nova in the...
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  • Black Orpheus (category Bossa nova albums)
    felicidade" opens the film, and Luiz Bonfá, whose "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeu" have become classics of bossa nova. The songs performed by...
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    Sitti (category Bossa nova musicians)
    professionally as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed...
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    Carlos Lyra (category Brazilian bossa nova singers)
    of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He has also worked as a writer, with notable contributions to musical films such as Para...
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    classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop and Brazilian music, including bossa nova. Thievery Corporation was formed in the summer of 1995 at Washington D...
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    Astrud Gilberto (category Brazilian bossa nova singers)
    Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s...
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    Karen Souza (category Bossa nova musicians)
    Karen Souza (born January 10, 1984) is an Argentinian jazz and bossa nova singer. Souza began her career by providing vocals for producers of electronic...
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    Sérgio Mendes (category Brazilian bossa nova pianists)
    his band Brasil '66. He released 35 albums and was known for playing bossa nova, often mixed with funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original...
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  • The Look of Love (1967 song) (category Bossa nova songs)
    sensuality and its relaxed bossa nova rhythm. The song was featured in an extended slow-motion interlude to the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2008...
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  • De Onde Eu Te Vejo (category Brazilian film stubs)
    e Rafael Gomes. With a Bossa Nova Films and Warner Bros. production, it was released by the latter on April 7, 2016. The film tells the story of a couple...
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    Bet.e & Stef (redirect from Jazz/Bossa Nova)
    Bet.e & Stef was a Canadian bossa nova and jazz group from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of vocalist and percussionist Elizabeth Provencher (Bet.e) and...
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  • They Shot the Piano Player (category Template film date with 2 release dates)
    docudrama film directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. Centred around the real-life disappearance and presumed murder of Brazilian bossa nova pianist...
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    by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema"...
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    Luiz Bonfá (category Brazilian bossa nova guitarists)
    the bossa nova. Bonfá's major legacy continues to be his compositions from the Black Orpheus soundtrack, most notably the instantly recognizable bossa nova...
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  • Paulo Jobim (category Brazilian bossa nova guitarists)
    arranger, environmentalist, and architect. He was the son of the "founder of bossa nova", Tom Jobim (1927–1994) and father of pianist Daniel Jobim.[citation needed]...
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