Bossa nova : the story of the Brazilian music that seduced the world / Ruy Castro ; [translated by Lysa Salsbury ; foreword by Julian Dibbell].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Ruy, 1948-

Contributor:

Salsbury, Lysa.

Standardized Title:

Chega de saudade. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bossa nova (Music)--History and criticism.

Bossa nova (Music).

Popular music--Brazil--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st English language ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : A Cappella, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 as Chega de Saudade--is a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jo+o Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends, Bossa Nova explains 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.

Contents:

pt. 1. The great dream

pt. 2. The long holiday.

Notes:

"First published in Brazil by Companhia das Letras, c1990 by Ruy Castro"--T.p. verso.

Translation of Chega de saudade.

"Glossary"--P. 347.

Includes discography (p. 337-346) and index.

ISBN:

9781306062466

1306062462

9781613745724

1613745729

OCLC:

793166717