The Brazilians Cover Bossa Nova

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Bossa nova emerged from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the late 1950s and early '60s. After the 1964 coup d'état, as a military regime took control of Brazil, the positive energy of the bossa nova era quickly dissipated and enthusiasm for the music shifted to the US.

The music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and other bossa nova composers continues to be embraced by Brazilian musicians, though the music is no longer popular in Brazil. You don't see young people listening to Bossa Nova, but turn on the radio in New York, Montreal, Paris, Tokyo, or Sydney, and you'll hear bossa nova.

Jobim is often called the George Gershwin of Brazil, and jazz musicians continue to find inspiration in his, and other bossa composers.

In this hour, we'll hear Brazilians who continue to mine the Bossa Nova songbook. You'll hear Claudio Roditi, Bebel Gilberto, Flora Purim, Toquinho, Raphael Rabello, the Zimbo Trio, Milton Banana, Caetano Veloso, Marcos Ariel, Yamandu Costa and Romero Lubambo.

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