Bossa nova originated in mid-1950s Brazil, a fusion of the melody and rhythm of samba and samba-cancao with the harmonic vocabulary of American standards and the feel of “cool” jazz. Beginning in the early 1960s, bossa nova became an important influence on both jazz and American popular ...
I am suggesting that perhaps African cultural survivals or linkages betweenAfrica and other diasporic communities are revealed through an act of disruption, orimprovised cultural linking to African derived religious traditions (ADRT), in the musicof blues, jazz, and samba and bossa nova. It is a...