bossa nova movement

E199027
Brazilian cultural movement music movement

The bossa nova movement was a Brazilian musical wave of the late 1950s and 1960s that blended samba rhythms with jazz-influenced harmonies and a cool, understated vocal style, popularized internationally by artists such as João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Sérgio Mendes.

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bossa nova movement canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian cultural movement ⓘ
music movement ⓘ
associatedCity Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
associatedSubculture middle-class youth of Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s ⓘ
characteristicFeature complex chord progressions ⓘ
intimate vocal delivery ⓘ
subtle dynamics ⓘ
syncopated guitar patterns ⓘ
use of extended jazz chords ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
culturalImpact bridged Brazilian samba and North American jazz ⓘ
popularized Brazilian music internationally ⓘ
culturalOrigin late 1950s Brazil ⓘ
exportedBy Antônio Carlos Jobim ⓘ
Astrud Gilberto ⓘ
João Gilberto ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes
exportRegion Europe ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre bossa nova ⓘ
hasInfluenced MPB ⓘ
easy listening ⓘ
international pop music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
lounge music ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
location Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
notableFigure Antônio Carlos Jobim ⓘ
Astrud Gilberto ⓘ
Carlos Lyra ⓘ
João Gilberto ⓘ
Nara Leão ⓘ
Roberto Menescal ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Sergio Mendes ⓘ
surface form: Sérgio Mendes

Vinícius de Moraes ⓘ
peakPeriod 1960s ⓘ
startTime late 1950s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Brazilian popular music ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
samba ⓘ
typicalHarmony jazz-influenced harmonies ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation nylon-string acoustic guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
soft percussion ⓘ
typicalRhythm samba rhythm ⓘ
typicalTempo medium-slow tempo ⓘ
typicalVenue Rio de Janeiro nightclubs ⓘ
typicalVocalStyle cool vocal delivery ⓘ
understated vocal style ⓘ

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Sergio Mendes → movement → bossa nova movement ⓘ
Ipanema Beach → associatedWith → bossa nova movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: bossa nova
Tropicália → influencedBy → bossa nova movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: bossa nova