The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover hit "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud Gilberto parlayed her previously unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the song into a lengthy career that resulted in nearly a dozen albums for Verve and a successful performing career that lasted into the '90s. Though her... [+] Read More

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To rescue the brasilian music’s sonorities like the Bossa Nova, the Samba and others styles, while adding a little bit of rock, jazz, and pop accents. That’s the proposal of Brazil Back in Bossa band. The Brasilian band shows their own compositions, traditional brasilian numbers and some rock classics (even Led Zeppelin!!) rhythmically... [+] Read More

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Just when you think that Brazil must surely have exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, funky, sexy, soulful electro-pop singer-songwriters, someone like Ce comes along and makes you think that maybe that particular well is bottomless after all.
Her full name is Maria do Ce Whitaker Poças, but she goes by the simpler moniker CeU. It's... [+] Read More

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The London-based Brazilian fusion group Da Lata established themselves long before it became fashionable for a dance act to quote South American forms. In 1992, the group's core members -- Christian Franck and Patrick Forge -- formed Batu, which played numerous live gigs and recorded a couple of songs for Big Cheeze in Paris and for the... [+] Read More

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A native of Rio de Janeiro, Ithamara Koorax became a major name in Brazilian pop-jazz in the 1990s. The singer comes from a family of Polish Jews, who fled Europe during World War II. Born in Rio in 1965, Koorax was only a child when she began studying classical music. But when she reached adulthood, Koorax realized that Brazilian pop-jazz would... [+] Read More

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Since no others leap to mind, I would have to say that Joao Bosco is the greatest civil engineer turned singer/songwriter in the history of Brazilian popular music. He graduated with his degree in 1972 but since then has been concentrating on becoming one of Brazil's most formidable songwriters. For most of his early career he supplied Elis... [+] Read More

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A pair of Italian brothers influenced by the easy-swinging dance music of Brazil and '70s groove soundtracks, Enzo and Gianni Lo Greco have recorded several albums as Soulstance. Enzo takes care of bass, guitars, flute, and keyboards while Gianni mans the drumkit and percussion. Their debut, 1999's En Route, was followed two years later by Act... [+] Read More

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