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LATIN JAZZ II: BRAZIL
MUSIC 331: History of Jazz, Summer 2012
Brazil, Overview
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One of the largest AfricanAmerican populations
Larger than continental US
Portuguese language
Last country to abolish
slavery (1888)
Iberian colonies (Spanish,
Portuguese), adaptation of
Catholicism
Samba
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Associations with Carnival celebrations in Rio
de Janeiro
From semba (“belly bump”) of batuque,
African-influenced dance style
Samba schools (Escolas de Samba): members
of same community, “theme” expressed
through costumes, dance, lyrics
Bateria: Collection of percussion instruments
Surdos (large bass drums)
 Agogo (double-bell)
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Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova = “new flair”
 Modernization in Brazil from mid-50s to early
1960s
 Departure from Samba style, more
cosmopolitan sound
 Shaped by collaborations with American jazz
musicians looking for new Latin inspiration after
the Cuban revolution
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Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz (19
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Charlie Byrd (guitar) and
Stan Getz, “Jazz Samba”
(1962)
 One
of the first albums to
introduce Brazilian styles in
U.S.
 “Samba Dees Days”, written
by Byrd
 Elements
of samba and jazz
(e.g. syncopation in bridge)
“The Girl from Ipanema” (1964)
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Antonio Carlos Jobim (composer)
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Discovered by touring jazz musicians
João Gilberto (guitar/vocals)
“Stuttering” guitar sound
 Subdued vocals
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Astrud Gilberto (vocals)
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Lyrics in English, not Portugese
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone)
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Different timbre, solo style than
bebop or cool jazz
earlier