Bossa Nova The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World

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ISBN-10: 1556524943

ISBN-13: 9781556524943

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ruy Castro, Julian Dibbell

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Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as “The Girl from Ipanema” (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), “The Waters of March,” and “Desafinado” are known around the world.Bossa Nova—a number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil asChega de saudade—is a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joatilde;o Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends,Bossa Novaexplains how a handful of Rio de Janeiro teenagers changed the face of popular culture around the world. Now, in this outstanding translation, the full flavor of Ruy Castro’s wisecracking, chatty Portuguese comes through in a feast of detail. Along the way he introduces a cast of unforgettable characters who turned Gilberto’s singular vision into the sound of a generation.

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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: A Cappella Books
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Author Table of Contents

Ruy Castro is a writer and journalist whose books include two classics about bossa nova, a biography of the soccer star Garrincha, and an encyclopedia of Ipanema. He has also edited a compendium of 1,600 poisonous bons mots called "Bad Humor" and written two novels for children. His book "Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World" was published in the U.S. in 2000.



Introduction and Acknowledgements


Foreword


Prologue: Juazeiro, 1948



The Great Dream



The Sounds That Came out of the Basement



Hot Times at the Lojas Murray



Battle of the Vocal Ensembles



The Mountains, the Sun, and the Sea



Torchy Copacabana



The Gang



In Search of the Lost Self



The Arrival of the Beat



One Minute and Fifty-Nine Seconds That Changed Everything



"Desafinado" (Off-Key)



The Long Holiday



Bossa Nova Goes to School



Colorful Harmonies



Love, a Smile, and a Flower



It's Salt, It's Sun, It's South



Bossa Nova for Sale



"Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema)



A Bite of the Apple



The Armed Flower



Shuttle Service



The Diaspora



The World as an Exit


Epilogue: What Happened to Them


A Select Bossa Nova Discography


Glossary


Index