Famous from age 16, Oscar Castro-Neves toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz and orchestrated music for films and TV. Oscar Castro-Neves, a Brazil-born guitarist who helped to create the cool, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (CBS SF/AP) -- Legendary Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer Joao Gilberto, who is considered one of the fathers of the Bossa Nova genre, has died. His death was confirmed by his ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio—When Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo picks up a guitar, the first thing you notice is the ease of it all. His hands glide across the fretboard as though every melody already ...

Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai ...

Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, and bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto has died, the BBC reports. The songwriter's death was confirmed by his son João Marcelo Gilberto, who took to Facebook to share the ...

João Gilberto, the pioneering Brazilian musician and composer credited as “the father of bossa nova,” has died at the age of 88. Gilberto’s son João Marcelo Gilberto confirmed his father’s death ...