#bossa-nova

#bossa-nova

joining Santana, led by the Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, and Brazilian musician João Gilberto. Santana took home the prize at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 for its 1999 LP " Supernatural." The album included the radio hits " Smooth," which featured Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas; "Maria Maria," featuring the Product G&B; and "Corazón Espinado," with an assist from Maná.

One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos "Tom" Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when they recognized a woman walking by. The two men were so taken with her beauty that they decided to express their admiration in a poem, and the words they jotted down on a pair of bar napkins that day would later end up in their song "The Girl from Ipanema."

At a 1976 concert featuring American saxophone superstar Stan Getz and Brazilian singer and guitarist João Gilberto, Getz welcomed his partner to the stage in a tone of voice that reveals just how gobsmacked he remained by his genius. "The most individual singer of our time, a true originator," he enthused. "His curious ability to sing warmly without a vibrato, his impeccable and inimitable rhythmic sense, his intimacy, all coupled to his wonderful guitar work, make him unique." If that sounds dry, Miles Davis put it so: "Gilberto could sound seductive reading aloud from the Wall Street Journal."