Bossa Nova, Bossa Yes-va: The Influence of Bossa Nova on Music in America

Beginning with American jazz music in the early 20th century, jazz is a pure form of American music. It began with a parade led by American composer John Phillips Sosa. This was a group improvisation era of the 1920s born in New Orleans like Louis Armstrong. In the fame of Armstrong, he was born and raised in Washington, DC. This American jazz evolution model is a standard nearly 60 years, but everything changed when South American music became popular in the late 1950s.

To understand the style of music, it is important to understand the origin of the word "Bossa Nova". The term "Bosa" was widely used as a proverb in Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. That means doing something in another, but very primitive way. This term is basically used to describe something in a "cool" or "fashionable" way. The simple English word "Nova" in Portuguese means new. Therefore, the translation of the entire term is like a "new trend". Basically, this word was made by the young people of that era, as opposed to Brazilian music they thought of as ancient, ancient and outdated.

Bossa Nova is a music genre of Samba with a strong American jazz style. Originally, the term bossa nova refers to the way to sing and play samba, but it gradually became one of Brazil's most famous MPB (Música Popular Brasileira, or Brazilian pop music). After the birth of the southern part of Rio de Janeiro (including areas such as Ipanema and Copacabana), it spread rapidly between 1957 and 1963. Today, although it is no longer the most popular music in Brazil, it is renowned worldwide and has something to do with famous musicians such as João Gilberto, Vinícius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim (collaboration with Frank Sinatra), Luiz Bonfá.

Many people say Bossa Nova is a phenomenon of Americanization. I think this is completely fake. On the contrary, I think that Bossa Nova influences American music. Have you received a letter or telegraph from an excellent composer? He said that in the past 30 years, Bossa Nova had the greatest influence on American music. Indeed, American musicians are fascinated by Bossa Nova, whose unique rhythms, rich musical instruments, youth theme, leisure, and the beauty of nature. American famous guitarist Charlie Bydd visited Brazil on a trip sponsored by the state in the early 1960s and returned with Joan Gilberto's record.